This is an analysis of the poem Maud Muller that begins with:
Maud Muller on a summer's day
Raked the meadow sweet with hay. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb Xa cc dd cc cc ee ee ff cc dX gg hh cc gg aa aa cc dd aa iX jj dd ii aa gg gX ee cc cc jj ih kk gg ee gg cc aX ii cc dd jj cc ll gg ee mm nn cX oo jj cX ggXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 1011101 01011101 010101101 101110101 01110001 111100111 10011101 011110101 101010101 011110101 110101111 01110101 10010111 11010001 001010101 1101000111 10110101 1110101101 11110111 111110101 1011110101 10010110101 00101110100 1100111011 0010110101 11001011010 0100111110 110101011 101010111 11010101 10011101 11111101 101011101 110111101 11010110 111110111 11111101 1010110101 110110101 1011101111 10101101111 10110101101 1111111110 011111101 11110101 101110111 11001101 10010101101 101101101 101011101 10010001 1010100111 110100101 1010101101 1111011010 1110010111 1010100111 110010111 111100101 101011101 1110011111 101110101 10110100101 110010101 1111011110 110010111 11010111 11110101 110110001 110100111 111011101 110110101 010111101 10111100101 10110101 1111111 1011101010 1100110011 110101101 111101111 11101111 111010111 1011100111 1110100111 10011101 0010010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 10100101 010100101 010101101 1111110101 10110010111 010110111 111101111 11110100101 1010101110 01101001101 1110011001 1100111011 110010101 101110111 01011101110 111111111 10100101 100010101 10100101
- Amount of stanzas: 55
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 110
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, of, her, his, he, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my, the are repeated.
The author used the same words and, but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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