This is an analysis of the poem The Lad Of Bebside that begins with:
My heart is away with the lad of Bebside,
And never can I to another be tied;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX bbaa ccaX XXaX ddaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001001010 11011001001 11001001101 11001001010 11011011011 11011001001 11001011111 0010010001011 11011101001 11011001011 11011001111 01001001010 11101011011 01001011001 11111001011 11001001010 01111011101 0111101001 01101101001 11001001010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; he, of, with are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word bebside at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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