This is an analysis of the poem She Is Overheard Singing that begins with:

Oh, Prue she has a patient man,
And Joan a gentle lover,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCb dbeb Xada aXcX fgfg hiei Xiai Xhjh akjkXbiCi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 1101010 1100100101 1111010 1011011 1101010 110111100 1111010 11111100 110111 11111111 1111101 1111000101 110111 11001000101 1110001 1110101 111011 11110111 10111 111100101 1100110 111110111 10100111 1110101 110101 11111101101 101001001 11000101 100111 11111111 010111 11110101 111111 11111101 111101 10100100 1101111 1100100101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; as, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of She Is Overheard Singing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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