This is an analysis of the poem Only A Slight Flirtation that begins with:
‘Twas just a slight flirtation,
And where’s the harm, I pray, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb ccdc Xcec fcdc ageg hifiXheae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 1100111 0101011 110101 0111011 011111 1111110 110111 1101010 110101 1111010 110101 1100011 010111 1111010 110101 1101010 110101 1111110 011101 0111010 010111 0101010 011101 1101010 100101 1111010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, a are repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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