This is an analysis of the poem Lady Button-Eyes that begins with:

When the busy day is done,
And my weary little one... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaAaAcC ddbbaaXEcC ffeeggXfcC aaXghhaacC bbaAaAXEcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1110101 1010011 1011101 1010001 1111101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1011111 0110101 1010111 1010011 1011101 1000111 10111010 1110101 1110111 1010101 1010101 0110101 1011111 1110101 1010101 0111101 00100101 0010111 0010101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1111100 1010101 1010101 10010101 1110111 1011101 0110101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010001 1111101 1010101 1010111 10111010 1110101 1110101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and, chirp are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word cometh is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word eyes at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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