This is an analysis of the poem An Example that begins with:
They were two deaf mutes, and they loved and they
Resolved to be groom and bride;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1011111111 0100111 111001011011 1100101 0111110101 01101001 0111011011 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; they, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word be is repeated.
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