This is an analysis of the poem A Year's Courtship that begins with:
I saw her, Harry, first, in March --
You know the street that leadeth down... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh hihi ibib djdj kdkd ibib jljl fXfX dcdc mimi inin fdfd hihiXdbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11010101 11011101 101101001 11010101 01011111 11011111 11010011 11010111 11010101 10010101 11110111 01010111 10010001 11110101 11011011 11101111 11110101 11011111 01110111 11010101 11011101 11011101 11010011 11110101 11111111 01010001 10010101 11110101 11111111 01110001 1100001001 11010001 11111111 11110111 11111101 01010101 10111111 011100101 111100001 11010101 11111111 01010101 11100101 10111110 11111111 11011111 01010101 11110101 01011101 11010101 111001001 11110101 11011111 11110101 11110101 00110101 11010111 11111111 11011101 01000101 1111101 11011101 1001010001 11111101 11011111 01011101 10110100 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; i, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of A Year's Courtship;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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