This is an analysis of the poem Lovely Polly Stewart that begins with:
Chorus.—O lovely Polly Stewart,
O charming Polly Stewart,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba XaXaB XaXaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101101010 1101010 110101101 1111111 010010101 1111010 11110101 0101010 11010101 11111111 0101111 0101001010 1101010 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines stewart 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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