This is an analysis of the poem Meadow-Larks that begins with:
Sweet, sweet, sweet! O happy that I am!
(Listen to the meadow-larks, across the fields that sing) , ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded XfXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111 1000111010111 111110101 111111111100001 111110111 11010010100110101 111100111 01010101010111 1111100111 11110100111111 111110101110101 01010101010101 111110110 111101011100111 111111101 11010101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; sweet, o, that, life, who, world, love are repeated.
The author used the same word sweet 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 sweet connects the lines.
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