This is an analysis of the poem Ballades Iv - Of Life that begins with:
SAY, fair maids, maying
In gardens green, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaaaaA babaaaaA baXaaXaA X aaXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 0101 01110 1110 1101 001011 11111 11111 11110 0111 01010 1111 00111 01011 00111 11111 11010 1101 01100 1111 11111 11110 10111 11111 10 10111 11101 00111 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, of are repeated.
The author used the same word say at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word gone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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