This is an analysis of the poem Nellie Lost And Found that begins with:

Ten o'clock! the rain begins to fall,
And Nellie still from home!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd Xefe cecegbgb fhfhcbcb ieieffFF XfFF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 110101 101010111 110111 100110001 101010101 101110101 110001 10101110 11101 111100101 110101 010001010101 110001 101010001 110001 101110001 111111111 101010101 110011 101100101 1101010 111110101 1100110 11110001 101100101 101110101 110111 101101101 010001 1010100101 110101 111111101 101010101 101010101 010101 10101110 10101 101010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her is repeated.

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

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