This is an analysis of the poem The Fall Of Miss Larkin that begins with:

Hear me sing of Sally Larkin who, I'd have you understand,
Played accordions as well as any lady in the land;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccff eeaagghhaaaa iiXa jjaaddaacchXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,12,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010101111101 101001111010001 111010101010011 10101001010001 111010101010101 11101110110001 011010101010101 111100100010101 111110101111101 11010110010001 111000111001101 101010101010101 111110100011101 111111100110101 11110101011111 01110101010101 101011101011101 01111011101011 100111001010001 11101101010101 11010101010001 101000101010101 111010101110001 001010101010001 101110100110001 11000101010011 11010101110001 001001101110101 101010100010110 101001101011101 11011101010101 101000100001001 11010000010101 101010101010001 101011101110101 101011001010001 101100101010111 11000101010101 11010101010111 00110010110001 111010101010101 101010110101100 0010101010101001 111010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, to, he, her, and, of, in, his, all are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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