This is an analysis of the poem Lost And Given Over that begins with:
A Mermaid’s not a human thing,
An’ courtin’ such is folly; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccBDdBe fbFBggBccb hhhXggbaab cbcbhhbddB iXiXhhbjjB ddddffBdXb jXjXccBhXB XXfbffBjjbXfbFBffBDdBe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,10,10,10,10,10,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 1101010 011111101 1111010 11011001 10010111 1101010 01010101 10111001 1100010 1110111 01010101 0101010 01111101 1101110 11111101 01010101 110 01010101 110010111 110 01111111 0101010 11011111 1101010 11011111 01011111 1101110 01010101 01011011 1101010 010011101 0101010 01011111 1101010 10010101 11110101 1111010 01010101 01011111 1101010 11011011 0101110 01111111 1101110 11010101 110010101 1101010 11111101 01111111 1101010 1101101 0101110 11010101 1101010 11111101 11111110 110 01010101 01111100 11010 0101100111 01000100 010100101 11001110 1010110101 110011111 110 101110111010 0111101010 110 0101100100 0101010 01100111 10101010 10010110111 010110101 110 011110111 1010111101 110110 01010101 0101010 01111101 1101110 110110101 101101101 1101010 01010101 10111101 1100010 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, to, s, gal are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, from are repeated.
The author used the same words the, we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word rally at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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