This is an analysis of the poem A True Story that begins with:
Little Ann and her mother were walking one day
Through London's wide city so fair,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eXeb cacX bcbc cfcX abab agaX eaea caca caca hchc ihih Xcfc cece cece gXgj jhjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101101001011 11011011 11001001101 11011001 11111011001 010010011 01111001001 11010001 01001011001 0100110110 01001001011 01001001 101101011011 01101001 1010110110101 011001111 1000101111011 11001011 11011011001 11101001 101101001110 11001001 11111011111 110110011 10110101010101 11111011 01101011011 01001001 101001111001 101111001 111011101001 1010111011 11111101101 10011011 11011001011 11101001 11011011011 11011001 111001101001 11001111 11011111001 11111011 11101101111 11011111 11101011011 110011011 11001011001 11011101 10101011001 11101001 11001001101 01011001 11011011010 11011011 11001011111 010011001 1011010101001 101011010 11101101001 01111011 101101001011 11001001 11111010101 11101011 101101011111 11001001 11101001011 11101000 1011010110010 11011001 0000011110010 111011011
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, i, ladies, your, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, your are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A True Story;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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