This is an analysis of the poem The Moorland Girl that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a babacdcddedefgfg ehehXdXdgigiiidi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0 11100101 111000111 01010101 010101001 11111111 11011101 11011101 01110101 11011101 01110101 11010101 11011101 10110101 011100101 11010111 01010101 10110101 010100101 11010101 11000111 01010111 11011101 11010101 11010111 11010111 11111111 10010101 11010101 11111101 01010101 110001100 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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; her is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hills is repeated).

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  • summary of The Moorland Girl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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