This is an analysis of the poem Nanny To Bessy that begins with:
ELEVEN long winters departed
Since you and he sailed o'er the main?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB caca aXad beXe fgXg bdbd cdXd cbcb caca chch XXfi Xjhj hbhb Xbdb abab kbkb haha caca Flfl Flfl lmlm dndn kiki cXcB bbbB cbcb Xefe hbhb lala hbhb fifi bbbb hihi XoXo dbdb adaX bmbmXabaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110010 111111001 111011010 11111101 111010010 11011101 110111110 11011111 011111010 11101010 011010110 01111011 010010010 11001001 111010010 1101001 1010010010 01101101 1111110111 11011001 111111010 11011111 111110010 11111001 111111110 11111111 111011010 01011001 011111110 1100111 011110110 11101111 1010011110 010111001 110110010 11001001 111110110 11111111 1010110010 01101101 111111100 11001011 111110110 11011011 011010010 01011001 110011010 11001001 110010110 10101101 111111110 01101101 10100101010 11111101 110011010 11111001 110011110 11111011 111011110 11011011 110111010 01001111 111110010 11111111 110110110 01001101 110110010 11011001 010110110 01001101 111011110 11111111 110011010 11111001 100011010 01011011 110011010 11111001 100110110 01011011 111010110 11110101 111011010 11101001 111111010 01001101 110011010 11011001 111011110 01001011 110111110 11101011 110010110 01011110 111010110 110110111 011011110 01011111 110111010 110110111 1111001110 11101100 111110110 11001011 110111010 11011001 110110010 11011011 110011010 11111011 1010011010 010101011 010110010 11011001 0011011110 11011001 011011010 11100101 011010110 11001011 1011111010 01001011 111010010 11101001 1011010010 01101011 010010010 11011001 011110010 111111001 010010010 11111011 011110110 01111101 110110100 11011011 010111110 01101001 110110010 11010111 111010110 11011111 110010110 11001001 011011010 11111011 010011010 11011011 111011110 111111001 111011010 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 38
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 152
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, in, to, of, and, they, their, since are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words then, while, ere are repeated.
The author used the same words there's, then, he'd, again at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words gall, born at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase again connects the lines.
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