This is an analysis of the poem Cruel Anna that begins with:

LITTLE Anna, cruel elf,
Spite of all my reason,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcDED cDED dfdfXfXf G hXhXiXif G fjfjekek G difiblclXG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,1,8,1,8,1,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 101110 1111011 011010 101101 101010 101101 1110010 10101101 101010 101101 1110010 1010101 101110 1111101 111010 1111110 101110 1111001 111010 101011100 1111101 110110 1110101 101110 1111001 101100 1010101 101110 101011100 1111111 101110 1000111 101110 1110111 101010 11010101 1001110 101011100 101101 101010 101101 111010 111111 001010 11111111 1101010 101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, or are repeated.

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

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