This is an analysis of the poem Song Of One Of The Girls that begins with:
Here in my heart I am Helen;
I'm Aspasia and Hero, at least....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc Xdad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111110 010011011 0101111001 00101001 10111110 101001111 01100101011 01011111 00010010 111001001 11101111011 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i'm, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm is repeated.
The author used the same word here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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