This is an analysis of the poem Juliet's Soliloquy that begins with:

Farewell!--God knows when we shall meet again.
I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdaeeXdXfXghahXghhabXhiebhjchcbjfhbifabhXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101111111 1111010101 1101010101 111111 1101111101 110 1001011111 11010101010 1101010111 10000101010 100110000111 100101101000 011101010101 11001110011 1111010101 1011011101 1011110001 1101011101 1001110101 1111010001 0111110110 11110111011 1011001101 0100010111 0100010001 10011100100 1101010001 0111011011 1101011101 11000011111 11100011001 1010001111 1101010101 11110011001 1101010011 1011111001 10000111001 11010110001 1101010001 1001011101 10011111001 1110111101 101101101010 0101011101 10111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1956
  • Average number of words per stanza: 365
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, i, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Juliet's Soliloquy;
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