This is an analysis of the poem She Sweeps With Many-Colored Brooms, that begins with:

She sweeps with many-colored brooms,
And leaves the shreds behind;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xbcb adad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 11100101 111101 110101000 111101 11110101 010100 11110101 110101 11110001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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