This is an analysis of the poem My Luve's In Germany that begins with:

My luve 's in Germanie, send him hame, send him hame;
My luve 's in Germanie, send him hame;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabX XXbbbX ccbXac XXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010111111 111010111 111010 1011100 1110101 111 11111110111111 11111110111 11111110 1110111 010101 111 111101101101 111101101 111101 111010 0010100 101 1111100110111011 111110011011 11111001 001111 0111111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; my, luve, 's, in, germanie, send, him, hame, as, brave, he, your, ne'er, learnt, to, flee, bonnie, dame, willie are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, he, your are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hame, dame are repeated).

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

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