This is an analysis of the poem My Little March Girl that begins with:

Come to the pane, draw the curtain apart,
There she is passing, the girl of my heart;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc ddbbaacc eeffggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001101001 1101001011 1111101001 1001011011 100100101 1001101001 1011011011 1111011011 100101001 1001001001 1101101001 1001001001 11010011101 1001011001 1111001011 1001011011 1101011001 1101111101 1011011001 1001011101 1111111111 1111011001 1111111011 11001111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, wind, and are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of My Little March Girl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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