This is an analysis of the poem Limehouse Reach that begins with:
Now, I fell in love with a Limehouse lass,
But she has proved untrue;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXaCA XbdbbaCA XaXadXCA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100111 111101 111110101 110101 1111100100 1011101 111111111 111111 10110100111 1010101 1111110101 1011111 101010101 1011101 111111111 111111 101010111 1010101 010010111 111101 1111101001 01010 111111111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; so, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word so at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Limehouse Reach;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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