This is an analysis of the poem Lamenting The Absence Of A Cherished Friend that begins with:

Though small my basket, all my toil
Filled it with mouse-ears but in part....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cbXb XdedXaebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110111 10011101 11010111 10110011 111011111 11111101 11010111 11010101 01110111 01111111 010110001 11110001 10011111 11110111 11010101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; my is repeated.

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

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