This is an analysis of the poem A Little While, A Little While, that begins with:
A little while, a little while,
The noisy crowd are barred away;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd efef ghgh faXa ibiX hbhb fjfj hghg agag kakaXbgbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 01011101 11111111 01011100 11111011 110010111 11011101 11111101 10011101 11011101 10010101 10011101 01010111 11010101 11110111 11110101 01110101 01110001 010101100 11011101 11111111 01010101 11010101 01010100 11110101 0100100101 10010101 11011001 01010111 11010101 01010111 0101001001 010111111 11111101 110010111 11110101 11011101 11011111 1101011001 110101001 111101110 01110101 111101010 11110101 1011101001 01011111 110011101 110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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; little, while, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words the, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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