This is an analysis of the poem Lisette And Eileen that begins with:

“When he was here alive, Eileen,
There was a word you might have said; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe afaf ghgh ibib bfbf jajaXjaja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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 11011111 11011110 11011111 11001111 11010101 11111111 01010100 11011101 01111111 111010011 11011111 11111111 11111111 11111101 11111111 11111001 01001111 11011101 01101101 11100101 11110111 11110101 01010101 01011101 11010111 11111101 11011101 11010111 01011110 11011111 11111101 11111101 11010001 11111111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; you, i, mean, and, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, as are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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