This is an analysis of the poem Annie Of Tharaw. (From The Low German Of Simon Dach) that begins with:
Annie of Tharaw, my true love of old,
She is my life, and my goods, and my gold. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb aa cc bb dd ee bb ff bb aX aa gg hh bb iiXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001011101 1011111111 1001001101 01101001101 1001011010 111111111 11011011111 101111011001 01011011011 10011111001 10111011111 01011101011 11011111011 11011011011 11010101001 001001101011 11011011011 11111011001 1001011111 01011111001 100111011101 11010011110 1001101111 110111111111 11101011011 10110111111 1001010111 1111011111 1001010001101 111001111101 000111011101 11011111011 01001001111 110011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, of, come, through, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word through is repeated.
The author used the same word annie at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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