This is an analysis of the poem Red-Headed Restaurant Cashier that begins with:

SHAKE back your hair, O red-headed girl.
Let go your laughter and keep your two proud freckles on your chin....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 111101111110111 110011010110111110101001110101011101010 011011110110011010110101 11101010 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 71 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and, red, headed, girl are repeated.

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