This is an analysis of the poem Black Kate that begins with:

KATE, they say, is seventeen—
Do not count her sweet, you know.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefeffdfd dgdghihi jbjbklkl imimbhbh XhnhXdbd hahahaha dadanmnmXdhdhnknk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1110111 1001101 1011111 1000101 1110111 1010111 110111 1010101 1000101 1110001 1010101 11000101 1010111 1000100 1111111 10101001 0110100 10101001 1011100 1010101 10011111 101111 1011111 1111101 1000111 1011101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1010101 1010111 1010101 1111100 1010111 1010100 1110111 0111101 1010111 1010101 1111101 1000101 1010101 0011101 1011101 1110111 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1110101 1011111 1110101 10101001 1000101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010100 1010101 1010100 100111 1110101 110101 110101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kitty, kate, not, didn are repeated.

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  • summary of Black Kate;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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