This is an analysis of the poem To Anna Three Years Old that begins with:

My Anna, summer laughs in mirth,
And we will of the party be,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cbcd efef cbcbcb ghgh dgbg ibXbib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 11000100 11010001 11110100 11110101 11110101 010010101 01011101 11011101 10010101 01110111 01010101 11110101 01010101 01100101 11010111 11110010 11110100 01011101 11110100 11111101 11110001 11111101 11010101 11010011 01110101 11110101 11110101 111111010 11101101 11110101 111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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