This is an analysis of the poem A Snow-White Lily that begins with:
There was a snow-white lily
Grew by a cottage door:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efXf gbcb Xbgb agaX eheh gggg ebeb cdcd ijij gkXk aXaX gdgd cfcf ecXc egXg lklk dmdmXlblb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 110101 101110010 101101 01101010 100101 101001110 1100101 1001110 101101 1001010 100101 1001010 100111 110001010 110101 1010010110 1110111 111111010 0100101 11111110 0111101 1110010010 11011110 01011010 1100111 1010110010 0110101 011011100 0100101 111010110 0101011 11011110 1100111 1010110110 1110101 111001110 101111 101001110 0100101 1011010010 0100111 110010010 1100101 100010110 0100101 101001110 10100111 11011010 10110100 110101010 10101111 110010110 1001001 101001110 101000101 111111000 11001001 11011010 1100101 01001010 10111101 11111010 100001 01001110 0101101 1110010010 11100001 110010010 1010101 111111010 001101101 101101110 10111001 1011010010 111101001 10101110 1100101 11111010 0110101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, its, with, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases slender, along connect the lines.
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