This is an analysis of the poem The White Wido that begins with:

The moon comes every night to peep
Through the window where I lie,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababC dbdXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011100101 1010111 11010001 111011011 1010101 01111101 0011101 1010101 01110110 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, and, it are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The White Wido;
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