This is an analysis of the poem The May Queen that begins with:
YOU must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear;
To-morrow 'll be the happiest time of all the glad new-year,— ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbB ccbb ddbB bbXb eebB bbbB ccbB ffbB ggbB hhbB aAbB iaabb jjbb bbXg ccbb bbii cchh eehh jjgg kkjj ggbb Xacc aaeX ccaa cllaa ffkk ccgg aajj ccbb eecc hhhh aajj jjjj Xcff kkbb eemm kkcc cckkXllee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111111101110101 0101001001010111 01011110010101 1100011011010001101 1110011111111111 111001101111101 111111010010111 1100011011010001101 11111110111101 01111111010101 111101010111101 1100011011010001101 1111010111111 11010101010101 11011110111101 1100011011010001101 11110110111101 11111011010101 11110101111111 1100011011010001101 111110111111100 11010101010101 1110010111110101 1100011011010001101 10101101010001 11101110011101 1010111001110101 1100011011010001101 0101010111001010 110111010111110 10111011110011101 1100011011010001101 01111110010111 101010101010111 1010010101001001 1100011011010001101 1010101011111 10101010110101 101000010011100111 1100011011010001101 1111111101110101 0101001001010111 010100101010101 1100011011010001101 111 0111011101110101 1111011010111 000111111101 111111101111101 0111011111101 00110111111101 1011110110111101 0101010010101 111101010110101 01011101111101 11101011100101 11011101011101 1110101101010101 1101011010101 1101111011111 11010101010111 0101110010111 1010101010111 1010111010101001 111101100101001 010101001011101 00101010010111 0101110010101 11110110110101 101010110010101 11101110011111 100111010111 101110111010001 111011101010111 111101111111101 111011101111111 01101110011101 11011101110111 11111110011111 111111111101 11111110110101 0111110110011101 111111101110111 11101011110111 1010100111110101 01011111011000 11111010011001 111010111110101 110010101110110 11111010101001 10101101110101 110110101011111 01010101010100 0111011010101 1111011110111 1111011010111 101110111110101 010 11010101110111 100110111010001 11010101010001 0101010111010011 11001100110101 11000111011101 110101011101011 11010111011101 0111111001011 11011101110001 11110101011101 11010101111101 11010101110101 11010111011111 11010101110101 01011111110111 11110101111101 111111011110110 11110110010110 110100101011111 10110111010111 11010101011101 11011110111101 11010101110101 1001110110101 011011101011101 01010101010101 1001110110111 11010111011101 11110001111101 01111111111101 11010101010101 11101101110011 11010101111111 11011100110111 11010101010101 1101011110111001100 10011111110101 11010111010101 110111010110101 11111101110011 0110111110101 11110111101101 11011100111101 11010011111101 1110010011111101 01111101111001 111111000101001 110101010101001 11010101110011 11111101110111 1100010110111 11110101110101 0111010100101 0101010011111 11011111111101 010101010011 11010101111101 010101011110111 1010101001010111
- Amount of stanzas: 39
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 158
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, , be, mother, there, so, 's, i, queen, and, new, we, may, on, upon, when, you, my, night, good, his, me, he, it, for, forever are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, they, and, to, i, when, though, she are repeated.
The author used the same words the, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words may, wind at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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