This is an analysis of the poem Benalla that begins with:

A country lass with rosy cheeks,
A healthy maid with merry ways;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ababcaca dedefgfg hehXaiai AgaXiiii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01010101 101100011 11010101 11110101 01011101 10111101 01010111 11110101 01010101 110001111 10001101 11101101 111111001 10011111 01010101 01010101 011100101 11010101 111101110 11010111 10010111 10011111 11111001 01010101 11010110 01010111 01010100 11110101 010100101 10010111 00110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; with, her are repeated.

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

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