This is an analysis of the poem Sam Holt that begins with:

Oh! don't you remember Black Alice, Sam Holt
Black Alice, so dusky and dark,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb abdb XaXa adad aeXe aece Xfaf agdg acac aXhX ahhXXbada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011011 11011011 01001001101 111010011 01001001111 001011101 1011110101011 101011001 11101001101 101001101 11101011111 11011011 11101001011 11011001 11101011011 11111111 11101011011 11111111 101001011011 11011011 11011011101 101111011 111011000101 111011011 111010010110 111101011 101011101111 111001001 11101001011 101101001 111001011001 111001011 10101001111 11101001 11111101011 111001011 11111011011 01001101 01101101101 01101011 11101111001 001101011 101011011101 001011010 11110011011 101001111 001001101001 001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; she, and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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