This is an analysis of the poem Envious Minnie that begins with:

Now Minnie was a pretty girl,
Her hair so gracefully did curl;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdeddccffgg hhiijjkkjjdX iicXkkjjll edjjiikkkkcXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01110001 11010101 11011101 11011101 11011101 11010111 01011100 11010101 110010111 010010111 01011101 11010111 10010101 110100101 11100011 01111001 01110101 110010111 01111111 11110101 110100011 11011101 11110011 01010101 10010101 11010111 11010111 11010101 1100101001 11010111 11011100 10010101 110010101 010111001 11000101 11010101 01010111 11010100 01011111 11011101 11010111 10110111 11110001 11010001 11110101 11011101 11110101 11111001 111101110 01010111 01000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 457
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, she are repeated.

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

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