This is an analysis of the poem Nellie Clark that begins with:

I was only eight years old;
And before I grew up and knew what it meant...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXdcdXbaaXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110101 10111111101 11111001 1111011110 111101010 11111011011 0101011010 1001010101 101110101000101 1011011010 110101010 110100110 101001111110010 110101111 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, and are repeated.

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

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