This is an analysis of the poem She'Ll Be Comin' Round The Mountain that begins with:

She'll be comin' round the mountain,
When she comes. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABAAAB BBBBBBBB CBCBCCXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 111 10101010 111 10101010 10101010 10101010 111 10101110 111 10101110 111 10101110 10101110 10101110 111 1111010 111 1111010 111 10101110 10101110 111110110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she'll, be, comin', round, mountain, drivin', six, white, horses are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she'll, we are repeated.

    The author used the same word she'll 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 mountain, horses, rooster are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word comes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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