This is an analysis of the poem Meg Goldlocks that begins with:

YE'VE heard of Meg Goldlocks of Willington Dene?
The stoniest damsel that ever was seen;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX ccdd eeff aaee XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011001001 0101011011 101001001001 0010110011001 1001001011 11001101011 01001011001 11001101011 11001011101 110001111101 10111001101 11111111011 11001011001 111001111001 01000101011 101101011001 11011011001 11101011001 11001001001 111001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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