This is an analysis of the poem Gretna Green that begins with:
Last night when I kissed you,
My soul caught alight;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh bebegigi cfXfgege jbjbgkgk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 11101 111111 01001 110010 11001 111010 01001 011110 11001 110110 01001 010010 01101 010110 01011 101101 011110 11001 1011110 111110 11111 111010 10101 110010 11001 010100 01001 010110 01001 110110 11001 111110 110011 1011110 01011 1010010 01111 1110110 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 words a, the, your, my are repeated.
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- summary of Gretna Green;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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