This is an analysis of the poem My Mary that begins with:
My Mary, O my Mary!
The simmer-skies are blue;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcbabXb acXcXcdc aedebeaa afXfXfcf AgggXgag adcdgdXX AfefafXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 010111 0101010 1010101 0111010 1011101 01111001 111111 1001110 1110101 11101110 1110101 1111010 11111001 11010111 110101 0001110 111100 01011101 01101 11110111 110111 101010010 1111100 1101110 110011 11110101 111101 1111010 1010101 01011101 110011 1101110 010101 0111010 1011101 0101011 1010101 1110110 111111 1011010 111111 1111110 111111 0110010 1110101 1101011 0011100 1101110 1110101 11101011 1110101 1001110 1010111 11111010 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, an' are repeated.
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