This is an analysis of the poem Lady Maggie that begins with:

You must not call me Maggie, you must not call me Dear,
For I'm Lady of the Manor now stately to see;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cbcb dede afaf ghgh ebeb XiXi jcjc hehe kbkb lhlh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110111111 1010001011001 1011011111101 10101110111 11111110101 11111110101 11111111101 11111111101 101100110111 01010101001 10001010111 1011001001 111111011011 1111010101 11111010001 1111010111 1111111111 111010011101 1111010011 110111101 11111011111 0110110101 1111100111 1001110111 1001010111 10101101001 1111100101 0010011011 010111010110 01010110011 1111110111 111011111 11111010011 1111111111 1101111101 0111011101 0111110101 101010101 00101111111 111010111 110101010001 01011111101 1011110101 10011110101 00110001010 0111110101 1011101101010 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, philip, i, of, his, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words philip, i, and, his, coasting are repeated.

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