This is an analysis of the poem My Lovely Pixie, My Good Companion, that begins with:

My lovely pixie, my good companion,
You do not love me, bed-mate of mine, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXabbXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010010 111111101 11011 10010 100101101 1111010010 110111101 11100 11010 110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your are repeated.

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  • summary of My Lovely Pixie, My Good Companion,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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