This is an analysis of the poem Girls Spinning that begins with:

FIRST GIRL
MALLO lero iss im bo nero!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcX ABcD ABcD effdd eggaa hhdd aahhABcDBcD ABcD ABcD iXiji cdcd XghX ikck ABcD BcD ABcDABXD eddXd lhlj efXf Xeje cflf cfffXABcD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,5,4,11,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,3,8,5,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101011110 11110111110 10101111 101 101011110 1111110010 10101111 11 101011110 1011111010 10101111 0111 1111010111101 1110101011111 111010101111110 10101011110001 1101110101011 1 10110101011101 11110101010101 11101111110101 10110010110101 11001010110101 101101101001101 101000100111111 111010011011 1111100111001 11100111101111 1111110100110111 11 101011110 111110010010 10101111 101011110 1110010111110 10101111 101 101011110 100111010010 10101111 11 101011110 11111111010 10101111 01011 111001010 11111111 010110110 01011 101110010 101001111 1010111010 11001 101010110 01111111 1111110001 01011 0110010011 11011111 1010011110 11011 11 101011110 1100100010110 10101111 101011110 11110111110 10101111 101 101011110 01011010110 10101111 11 101011110 011111111010 10101111 01111 11110010 101111111 110010110 11101101 11101101 10111011 1111001 11100110 11111010 11111101 101010011 0101011 01010110 0101101 001000110 0010101 01011010 010101 10111011 1110101 1010010 0110101 11001101 00110101 11 101011110 1011110110 10101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, for, my are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word baun at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Girls Spinning;
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