This is an analysis of the poem To Mary In Summer that begins with:
LAY your head here, Mary,
Lay your head here, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaabacaXcadaadacaacaeaaeafaafadaadagaagaBaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 1111 101110 0101110 1011 0111110 1101 1111110 1011010 1001 1001110 1101 0110110 1101110 10111 1111110 1111 1101010 0100100 1001 101010 1011 1111110 1111110 1111 1101110 1111 1101010 0101110 0111 1111110 1111 0101010 1011010 0101 1101110 1101 1101010 1111110 1111 111110 1111 111110 0101010 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1115
- Average number of words per stanza: 214
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mary, give are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lay, back, and, give, your are repeated.
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