This is an analysis of the poem The Rock-A-By Lady that begins with:
The Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby street
Comes stealing; comes creeping;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaaab cXcccX dbdddbXabaaaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011001001 110110 01011001001 11101101011 1100100111 1110110 101101001001 1001001 101101001101 1111101011 0101111111 1010110 11011011101 010110 11101011001 101101011101 11111101011 010110 111111111011 110110 11011111011 101011001001 01011001001 110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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