This is an analysis of the poem Handsome Nell that begins with:
O, once I lov'd a bonnie lass,
Aye, and I love her still;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dXde afXf cXce cbcX XcXcXfbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 111101 11110111 111101 11010111 110111 110101001 011101 01011001 010001 101110100 110111 11011111 110101 01010001 110101 11011111 110101 11110001 110111 01011101 110101 101001100 110001 10010101 101011 11010011 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'tis is repeated.
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- summary of Handsome Nell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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