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

THE GLOVED and jewelled bards who sing
Of Pippa, Maud, and Dorothea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd aeae fgfg hihi acac cgcg jkjk clcX dmdm nono hghg jpjp igig lplp hmcm ngng Xccc hjhj amam pgpg ncnc qrqr phph nXnX clgl gngXXgggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011100111 010111010 11010101 111101010 100011101 11010101 11111111 11110011 11010111 10000101 11010101 01100001 11011111 01010100 11010111 11010101 11110001 11011111 11110111 11110101 01010001 11011101 11010001 10110101 11010101 01010011 11110101 11100101 01111111 01000101 01010101 10110101 10011101 01000111 11000101 11011100 11010101 01110101 01110101 11111101 01010001 11011101 10010101 11011111 11010111 01110111 100100101 11110100 11010101 11111100 11000101 01110101 11010101 11010101 1111111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010111 01010101 11110101 11000101 111101001 11011001 11000101 01010001 11010111 11000111 11010100 11110101 11110101 11100001 11111111 11110001 11011001 10010101 0111101 01010011 11011101 11000101 01010101 01010101 11110111 11000101 11110101 11110101 11111101 11011101 0101111 11110111 11010101 11110101 01010111 01010101 01110111 111111001 11111011 11010111 11110101 01000100 11010011 01000011 111111001 11110101 01010101 11010111 010010101 01110100 11111101 1100101 11110111 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; your, you are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Black Lizzie;
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  • history of its creation;
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