This is an analysis of the poem Ballad Of The Ladies Of Yore that begins with:

Tell me where, in what country,
Is Flora the beautiful Roman,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdXbEXdcbbXaE accbbebE Xebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 010010010 100011 11110001 10111101 1011010 11011110 111010101 1001010 11111001100 111011110 1011101 111001 10101100 0100100010 111010101 0111010 1100101 1101010010 1000111 11001001 10101111 1111010 111010101 1111001 10011111 111011001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase where connects the lines.

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