This is an analysis of the poem Mariquita that begins with:
Old man Time, 'e's wrote his log up in the wrinkles on my brow,
And there ain't that much about me as a girl 'ud take to now;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb Xbbb ccdd aaeebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110110010111 111110111011101 111011100011100 11101010001110111 111111101111101 101010101010001 101111100110101 1110101000110111 111010111011101 101110011100111 1010111010101110 111010100010111010 100111100111101 111111101110101 101010111110111 101111101011111 101111101011100 11101010001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as, i, knew are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Mariquita;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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