This is an analysis of the poem The Martyr Of Bovinia that begins with:
She milked the cow; and all the morn was hushed
(It was a beast that never kicked or rushed)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcC ddeeXC fXffcC ggaacC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110111 0101110111 01010101001 1101010101 1100010101 1101 1101110101 0101010101 0111010101 0101000101 1101111101 1101 1101111101 1001010100 11110110001 0101010101 110101101 1101 1101111110 1101011101 1111010001 11000010001 1111110101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word cow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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