This is an analysis of the poem Young Fanny that begins with:

A CHANGE hath come over young Fanny,
The yellow-hair'd lass of the Dene—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab cbcb adad beXe aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110110 01011001 1001110110 11111001 1001010110 01001011 111011010 11001001 1001111010 11101101 1101010110 11101001 1001110010 01001011 111011010 11111101 110010110 11001111 1010110010 01011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; as is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'what is repeated.

    The author used the same word erewhile at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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