This is an analysis of the poem Suzanne that begins with:

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXaaXaaabXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110011010 1110111 11101010 11111110 11111001 111111100 11101010 11111010 11111010 11111011 11101010 11110010 11101000 1110101 11111011 11100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; you, and, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

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  • summary of Suzanne;
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  • history of its creation;
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