This is an analysis of the poem Old Granny Sullivan that begins with:

A pleasant shady place it is, a pleasant place and cool -
The township folk go up and down, the children pass to school. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaX bbaX bbaX aaaX ddaX eeaX ffgg bbaX eX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010100010111 01011111010101 01010111011101 11111101101101 11011101110101 11110111010101 110111110100101 11001101111101 011111011100111 111110111011101 01010111111111 1100111110110101 01111100110101 11110101111101 01010101110101 01011111110101 010111111100111 1010111010010101 11010111110101 11110111110101 11110111110011 01111101110111 11111001011101 11011101110101 01110100010111 010100111110101 11011111110111 11011100110101 11110101110111 11000111110011 11100100110101 11101101110111 011101111100101 11011101010101 11111100111111 11110101110101 11010100110111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, her, she, i are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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