This is an analysis of the poem The Old Apple-Woman that begins with:

A Broadway Lyric
SHE sits by the side of a turbulent stream... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababXcdcdcdcefefececgfgfhchXhbhbihihgbgbXjXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110 11101001001 11011010 11110101 001001010 11110111 010010010 11110101 010011010 100101101 1001010 11111111 001001010 101111001 1001010 01010101 01101010 101100101 01101110 101110101 111010110 110010111 1101010 01011101 11010110 0111001011 110110010 0010111001 101011100 11101111 01110010 1100110101 01001010 101110101 110010010 1011001101 11001010 01001001001 11001010 1001010001 01110010 10011101 00101110 10010111 1010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 301
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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