This is an analysis of the poem Mary's Tryst that begins with:

Young Mary stole along the vale,
To keep her tryst with Ulnor's lord;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdeddedX bdbXdXdX fefXgbgX fehXafaX dadXcdcX fifihdhd dXdXedeX cicibebe Xcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 01010101 010010101 11010101 11111111 11011111 11011111 010101111 01110111 01011111 11011101 11010111 11111101 01110101 11110101 1111111 11111111 11011101 11110101 01010101 11110111 11110111 11110111 11111111 11111101 11010101 11010101 11010011 11110111 11111101 111101011 11111110 11110111 01011101 1101011 111101010 11110101 1111111 11110101 11110001 11111101 11111110 11010101 01010111 11010101 10111101 11010101 11010111 01110101 01100101 11110101 11110101 11011001 00111101 01011111 11010101 111111001 11010100 11111101 01010111 11010001 01110101 11100111 11010101 01010101 11110001 11010111 11010101 01010101 01010111 01110101 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thou, me, by, i, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, where, the, she are repeated.

    The author used the same word 'i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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