This is an analysis of the poem Little Marie that begins with:

I REMEMBER the day that you came to me,
Little Marie, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbaAcccAdAdAbbbA eAeAfffA cAcAggga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111101 1001 011111111 1 1001 10111111111 1111111111 1111111111 1001 10100101111 1001 0101111101 1001 10100101111 1110111101 0111101101 1001 010011111 1001 0101110101 1001 11000100111 1111101111 1111110111 1001 1111111101 1001 1111100111 1001 1110111101 110111101 110101101 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, you are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word marie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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