This is an analysis of the poem Jamie, Come Try Me that begins with:

Chorus.—Jamie, come try me,
Jamie, come try me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABA baBAA XbabAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010111 10111 011111 10111 011111 11011 011111 10111 101111 011111 11101 011011 10111 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jamie, come, try, me are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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