This is an analysis of the poem The Mermaid that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abcbaddc X babaXdXceececdaXefaaga X ahahiXaiXXfaaaaaaaagaffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,22,1,25,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110 0111 1001 1001 1001 00101 00101 101 1 1100111 11101101001 0010111111 1111111111 100111111 11111111011 110110 010110111 110101 1111101001 1001 001101 1001 001001 111111001 001100101 110101101 101111110101 0011110101 110101001 11110100 101110101 1 11111100101 11111111101 110100111 0010011001 1110111111 1011100101 1100111001 10101111111 11001101111 00101011001 11110111111 00110101001 11111111101 0010101001 1010011101 111111101 0010101001 11011110 0010101001 1111101100 110110101 10111001001 111111111 11100101001 110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; would, i, comb, my, low, adown, and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
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