This is an analysis of the poem Dreamin' Town that begins with:

COME away to dreamin' town,
Mandy Lou, Mandy Lou,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBXXXBcBcBdddBcBcBeeBaBabaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 101101 1011101 101 1010101 1010101 1111101 101 111001001 101101 1111101 101 0011101 1111101 1111101 101 1010111 101101 1111111 101 1010101 1010101 101 1010111 101101 1010101 111 1110101 1110001 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 766
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; lou, mandy, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word whaih is repeated.

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