This is an analysis of the poem Dust that begins with:
THE SERVANT-GIRL'S SONG
DUSTER, dust away, my friend,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaA bb cc bb dd ee AA bb ff bX gg aa Xb ee bb aa ee e AA X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 1010111 1001101 11011101 01010101 11101 10101111 1110101 11010101 11010111 01110101 11110111 01110001 1010111 1001101 10101110 011111110 11011011 11110101 11011011 10111101 11110111 00110101 11000111 11010111 10111101 1010111 110110111 01010111 010111010 101101010 11010111 11010101 11010111 11010101 10011111 1010111 1001101 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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