This is an analysis of the poem A Political Violet that begins with:
Come, Stanford, let us sit at ease
And talk as old friends do.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dXde fafa dgdg chcX bdbd efXX XhXh gege bibi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 111111 11010111 110101 11001111 111101 01110011 111101 11010101 110101 110111001 1100001 11110001 110111 11011101 010101 11111101 101101 10110101 110101 11001101 111100 11010111 111111 11010111 100111 11010111 101101 11110111 111101 01010110 0111001 11110110 001101 01011101 111101 11111101 010111 11010101 110101 110101001 111101 01010101 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; talk, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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