This is an analysis of the poem Maiden In The Mor Lay that begins with:
Maiden in the mor lay--
in the mor lay--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAXAAa BBCCBbb DBXDDdD EeAAEef X e AaXAa BBCCBBb ggCCgdXFFCCFFf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,7,1,1,5,7,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100011 0011 101101 100011 0011 1001101 111010 111010 110010 110010 111010 111010 010010100 111010 111010 111001 111001101 111010 110011010 111001101 11101 11001101 01111 01111 11101 11101 01111110 010 10001 100011 0011 10111011 100011 1011101 0101 1101 01110 01110 0101 1101 01110100 0101 1101 011000 011000 01010101 011000101 01010 11010 01110 01110 01010 11010 011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, mor, lay, e, welle, moor, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words e, the, maiden are repeated.
The author used the same words welle, maiden, good at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lay, mete, the, drying, bour, te, meat, drink, bower are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase the connects the lines.
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