This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 149: Canst Thou, O Cruel, Say I Love Thee Not that begins with:
Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee not,
When I against my self with thee partake?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111011111 1101110101 1111111101 1011110111 1101111111 1111111101 1011111111 0101110011 1101101101 1011110001 1111110101 0101010011 1111111111 1111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; i, thee are repeated.
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