This is an analysis of the poem How A Girl Was Too Reckless Of Grammar that begins with:

Matilda Maud Mackenzie frankly hadn't any chin,
Her hands were rough, her feet she turned invariably in;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaababccb cXdedeffe ggcgXghhg eeeieieeX jjfgfgkkg lllXXamlX a eXcncneXX g Xmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,1,9,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101010101 01010111010000 01001110 111111 0111010 010111 11100110 11101010 10111010001 011101010101010 01000101010001 11101110 1110111 11101010 1110101 1101110 1100010 11101011101 01010101010111 11010101011101 1101010 010101 11001010 1010101 11001010 11101010 11101011111 11110100010101 01010101010001 10101010 1010101 10001010 0010011 0101010 00101010 0111111111 11010100011111 01010101010101 11001110 1010001 10111010 110001 0111010 10100010 1100010001 11111111110111 011011111110101 10101110 1010111 11111000 1111111 10101011 1110 101 10100110101 01010101101101 11011101111101 10111010 1011101 11100010 1110101 10101010 11111100 11101010100 010 01101010010 10101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; her, she, he, to are repeated.

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

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