This is an analysis of the poem How Polly Paid For Her Keep that begins with:
Do I know Polly Brown? Do I know her? Why,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcb debXe cfcf Xghg ieie dfadf hghg dede gjgj Xidai eeee khbhb Xfdf ilXl cjaj hjhj mhlhl dede cemnebn ihfhf cmcm domdm inifn opeokp oojjoj imfim hqhq iobfb Xeoeo
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,7,5,4,5,5,6,6,5,4,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111101 1 11111011111 0010110110110 01011001001 110111011110 11011011101 111101111 1010 010010111001 110111010010 11001111001 010011111110 01011001001 1010010110100 01011011111 10010011110010 11011011001 110110010110 101011101001 110011011110 111001001001 111011010010 11011101101 11111101101 10 01011001011 110110110110 11011001011 1110110100110 01001111011 110010110010 01101011101 111010110110 11001001001 110110110011 11101101011 1011011110011 01011011101 0101111001000 10111001101 010110110010 1111010111 11 1001001011110 11101011001 1111010110011 11101111001 10101110100 10 11001101011 1110110111110 01011001111 1110010111010 11101011001 001010111110 11101011001 111010110110 011011001001 111011110010 01111001011 10111111110 11111101001 1110010110111 11111111101 110111111110 111101101101 1010011110010 010110011001 1010011010 110 11010011001 110010011010 11001011011 110111011010 11011001001 010010111010 11111001001 10100110100 10 1110110100 1 0110100100010 1111110101 1 1011010111 010 11001101101 111011010010 11001111101 111010011010 11101001011 010010110010 01100101111 110111111110 1110101101 1 0010011011010 011100011001 111010010010 11001001101 111111011010 0111111101 1 010110010010 11101101111 0110110110 10 0110100110 1 0101100111 10 01011011001 1011010110 110 111011101001 111011110110 01101001001 111011011 010 11001101001 1010110011010 11101101001 110011011010 01011001001 1011110011 110 11011001101 1111100100110 01011001011 0110010111010 01001001001 1111100100010 11001111001
- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 162
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; know, i, her, and, drunk, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she's are repeated.
The author used the same words while, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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