This is an analysis of the poem O’grady’s Little Girl that begins with:

Her hair was dark and curly, floatin’ to the saddle bow,
Her laugh was frank and girlish, and her voice was sweet and low;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cdaa eecc ffbb ggbb ddgg aadcXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101000101 01111101011111 11111101111001 101010110100101 11011100111100 101010101010110 0101010111011101 10101010110001 010111101010111 111010101111101 1110101111000100 11010101010100 11011111010101 101111101111101 11011101110101 11011101111111 101010101011101 101010100011101 101111101110001 1110010111100101 111110101011101 101110101011100 101010101010001 101110101110101 101010101011101 111010101010101 11011100100101 100110101011100 101011101011101 111010101010111 111001101110111 101000100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, s, i, she, to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of O’grady’s Little Girl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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