This is an analysis of the poem A Girls's Sin - In Her Eyes that begins with:
Cross child! red, and frowning so?
'I, the day just over,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dcdc eede cccX fbfb XgXg eheh cici aead efXf acac jbjb ckck chch gdld eXeb cmcm dcdc kfkX hghg cjcj fcfX bebX lXgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111101 101110 1010101 1111110 11111101 111110 11111101 1111110 11010111 111101 01110001 011110 100010101 010101 11010011 010111 11111101 110101 11110101 111101 1011111 110111 11111111 110011 11011111 110101 11110101 111011 11110101 110011 01111101 0111111 10110101 111111 111100111 110101 10110111 111101 11111111 111110 11110101 101111 01111100 110011 11110111 0111001 11010100 011101 11111101 011101 11010111 1110101 10111111 110101 11011111 110111 110101101 010111 10110011 011111 11010010 1010100 10110100 100101 11010111 110100 11110111 110101 11101111 110101 11111101 111101 11111111 110101 11010101 0111011 10111101 111111 01011111 1010001 10010111 111100 01111111 0010101 11111111 110101 11111111 111111 11111101 0101010 10110101 11000100 11011111 010100 11010111 111101 11110100 0111110 11111011 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 100
- 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:
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; he, it, think, perhaps, i, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word perhaps is repeated.
The author used the same word 'my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word it 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 words/phrases and, perhaps connect the lines.
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