This is an analysis of the poem The Doe: A Fragment (From Wandering Willie) that begins with:

And-'Yonder look! yoho! yoho!
Nancy is off!' the farmer cried, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbXXbccddaaeeXfgg ccbbhfXffbfbbabagigi jXcjXcaahbhXababkkbggbcllcllfefeffjgjghhgbgbeefX fakmkmnn ffnfccccffjjXbiimmhiihgjgjnknXbbajajcchXgiX ilXooheehbbbbhbhaehheeXpbpbaappabbaaaXggfXbbXqhqhapapnXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,20,48,8,43,57,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 10010101 01010101 11011101 11111111 11010101 11011101 110010101 110101110 110101010 110101001 11110101 0100101010 010111010 10010111 01010101 110011101 010101001 11011001 01010101 11111010 1100111010 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110001 11010101 10010101 11011111 110011101 11011101 01000101 100010101 11011101 110010111 11010111 11010101 10010111 01011101 11011101 1101111100 010101010 1011101 110101010 110101010 11110101 01100111 11011111 11010101 11110101 11010111 01001101 11011101 01000101 11010111 110101110 110011110 11010101 01110111 10110101 11011101 010101110 100111001 11011111 110101010 11100101 10010101 10110101 11111101 01010101 11111111 11010111 01111101 11111111 11111101 10010111 110000111 110101010 10101110 11111101 11010011 01010101 11110101 11110111 11110111 11011101 0101010100 11100101 011101010 10111101 01010101 01110101 11011101 11110101 01000101 10010101 11001101 11010010 11010010 110111010 010001010 110101010 110011010 11110101 11110101 00111111 10010101 1111110 11011100 110111001 11010101 10111111 101001001 10111101 111100111 010001111 11110101 11011011 11111101 11010101 11101111 100111001 11010101 11111101 11010100 01110101 100111011 110011111 11111101 01110111 11011101 111101010 10111110 10000101 1101100 10010111 11111101 11111111 11010001 10010101 01010100 01011111 10010101 011001010 10110111 110100111 010100010 11010111 010010111 00010001 01110111 0100101010 01010111 100101010 10011101 11111111 11101110 10110111 11110101 1111111 11111111 1000111 11100101 1001011 11010101 10100101 110111101 11010111 11000101 11110101 01010111 01010101 110010101 01010101 01010101 01001111 01010111 01010111 10111001 11111001 0110111 11010111 10110100 11010101 10011111 01010001 10010101 01010101 11110111 01110101 11011101 010010100 110010100 11011101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 215
  • Amount of lines: 196
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, her, now, my, to, i, me, not, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

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