This is an analysis of the poem Rejected that begins with:
She says she’s very sorry, as she sees you to the gate;
You calmly say ‘Good-bye’ to her while standing off a yard,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcaca aaaA dadA eaea aaaA baba aXaA aaaa fafA gagA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110101111001 11010100110101 111111101010111 1111111 011011100010111 111010101110101 111100101011101 1011111 111010101011101 11010100011101 11110101111101 1111111 11010011010001 11000101010101 101011100110101 1111111 101011100010101 11010101110111 11011101010011 1011111 11011101110011 11110101010001 111000100010101 1111111 11100101110101 110111110111 11110101010101 1111111 01010100111101 11001101110100 11110111111011 1111111 11111111111111 01110100011101 01010111111101 1111011 11101101110110 001010100111101 111011101010001 1111111 11111101011111 111100101110101 111110100011001 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, she, and, your, think are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word hit at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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