This is an analysis of the poem Ay Me, Ay Me, I Sigh The Scythe A-Field that begins with:
Ay me, ay me, I sigh to see the scythe a-field;
Down goeth the grass, soon wrought to wither'd hay:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dbdb efef bgbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111111010101 1101110101 11011101110111 1101111101 111111111101 1111010101 1101110111110001 111111011 11111111111 11111001001 1101110111110101 1101110010 1111111101001 1111111101 110111011110111 0101111111 111111111111 0011011101 1101110111110101 11010001111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; ay, me, that, can are repeated.
The author used the same word ay at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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