This is an analysis of the poem The Good-Natured Girls that begins with:

Two good little children, named Mary and Ann,
Both happily live, as good girls always can; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee aaff eegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10101011011 11001101111 11111101011 11011011001 01101101011 10111111011 11011001101 11101011101 01001001101 01011001001 11011101011 01001001111 110110101001 101010010001 101100101011 11001001011 11001011111 111001111111 11111101001 11110001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; their, and are repeated.

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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