This is an analysis of the poem The Goose-Girl that begins with:

I WANDERED lonely by the sea,
As is my daily use, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc bded fXfX ddddeXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 101101 11010101 010101 01010111 1101010 01010111 1001110 11011101 010101 11110111 111011 11010001 110101 10111101 011101 11110101 111101 11110111 100101 111101001 110101 10010111 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; gray, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines goose is repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Goose-Girl;
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