This is an analysis of the poem The Abandoned that begins with:

SHE sat by the wayside and wept, where roses, red roses and white,
Lay wasted and withered and sere, like her life and its ruined delight;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eebb aaaa ccaa ffgX hhgg iigj ddaa cckk gjcXeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110111111011011 11011011101101001 1110100111011011 1111110111001111 1110111111001001 01101101011001101 1011100101001001 10111011110001001 11101111001001010 101110111010010010 101100110101001 10101100110111001 10111101111101111 11001001001001111 110100111001101 1010100100111001 10111101101101001 00100100111011001 1100101011011011 1010110100101011 101001011111011001 1110010010101001101 10100110111001111 11011101001001000 010110001001001 0100111111001011 101101001011001 110010110100101 101101001001001 100100110100111 1101001001001001 1011110111011001 110101101101101 10101100101111011 11110011110010001 101111011011001001 0111010111011 1011111111111001 11111101001101011 1111111011111001 0101101101011011 10100111011001001 001001011101001 10111111010011110 0111101101101010 0110110100010010010 10011111010101111 01101001111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, roses, in, of, her, light, i, she are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words she, and, but, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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