This is an analysis of the poem Mary Of Crofton that begins with:

AH! a lovely jewel was Mary of Crofton,
And now she is cold in the clay,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaB cdcd ceXeXabaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010110010 11101001 110011010110 111101101 011010011010 11001001 101111010110 11011011 010010011010 11001011 1010011010000 01001101 110110110010 11101101 1110110010110 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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