This is an analysis of the poem My Girl She's Airy: A Fragment that begins with:

MY girl she's airy, she's buxom and gay;
Her breath is as sweet as the blossoms in May;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011011 01011101001 0100101001 111010010011 11011011011 11011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she's is repeated.

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