This is an analysis of the poem I'D Back Again The World that begins with:

She's not like an empress,
And crowned with raven hair,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbddeDDFEF ghchcdED FdED aijiakXK KdeD gjjjgjbJ Jfef jcgXjeFeXFFeF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,4,8,4,8,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 110101 1011110 110111 1101010 110111 1101010 1110101 1110101 111111 1101010 1110101 1101010 110111 1111010 101101 1101010 111101 1101010 1110101 1110101 110111 1101010 1110101 1101110 111101 1101010 111001 1111110 110001 1100010 110011 110011 110111 1101010 1110101 0011110 111101 1111010 111101 1111010 110101 11010101 110101 110101 111111 1101010 110101 1111010 010100 1111010 111101 1111010 010101 1101010 1110101 1101010 111111 1101010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; she, to, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, no, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all, rank, stairs are repeated).

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

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