This is an analysis of the poem Little Girlie Good Enough that begins with:

Little Girlie Good Enough
Lives right there across the street;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ababccdd Aeaeffdd AgagcXgg Agagffhh Afafhhff Agagffii AhahjjaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 1110101 1010101 1101111 1110101 1011101 1110111 1111101 1010001 1010101 1110101 1010111 10101001 1010101 1111101 1010101 1010001 1010101 1010111 1010111 1011101 1011010 1011111 1011001 1010001 1010101 1010111 1011101 0111101 1010111 1001111 1011111 1010001 1111011 1010001 1011111 1011100 1011111 1110001 1001111 1010001 1111101 1110101 1111110 1010111 1010111 1010011 1100101 1010001 11100111 10011011 1010101 1111111 1110101 1111101 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; for, you, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word never is repeated.

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

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