This is an analysis of the poem Song—i'M O'Er Young To Marry Yet that begins with:
Chorus.—I'm o'er young, I'm o'er young,
I'm o'er young to marry yet;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XcdcE bXcXE XcdcE XdcbcE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001010101 01010101 01011001 01111101 1111011 11011101 1100011 010011101 01011 1111011 01110101 01011111 01110101 01011 1000111 01110101 1111011 01111101 01011 11110101 11010101 10110101 11001101 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i'm, o'er, young are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm 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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