This is an analysis of the poem Liza May that begins with:

LITTLE brown face full of smiles,
And a baby's guileless wiles,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBccBddBeeBXbBeeBffBggBhhBhhBccBccBggBddBbbBeeB ggBiiBeeBaaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010101 101101 1010101 0110001 101 1010101 1011011 101101 1011101 0110101 101 1110101 1010101 101101 1111101 1011101 101 1011101 1010101 101101 1010101 1111101 101 1110111 1010101 101101 1010101 1110101 101 1010101 10100101 101101 1010101 1010101 101 1010001 1010101 101101 10101001 00110001 101 1010101 1110101 101101 1010111 0110101 101 1010110 1011101 101101 1011101 1010111 101 1110101 1110101 101101 1110100 1010101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 756
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; liza, may are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines may is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Liza May;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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