This is an analysis of the poem Why I Went To The Foot that begins with:
Was ever a maiden so worried?
I’ll admit I am partial to Jim,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dcac Xefe bXgX bede bgfX cXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010110 101111001 110110011 11101011 111110110 11111001 1110111110 11011010 11111110 111011101 111110110 1111011101 1111011010 111101011 110111010 11111101 1111111010 11101001 1110110110 101101011 111110110 01011101 1111010010 11011101 0111010111 111011101 011010110 111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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