This is an analysis of the poem Corinna's Going A-Maying that begins with:

Get up, get up for shame, the blooming Morn
Upon her wings presents the god unshorn.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccdXeeaacc aabbffdXddgghX iiffXXXXdXcchX ccjjjjkkaadXhX jjcXaaaaeeddhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111110101 0101100110 11010101 11010101 11110111 01100111 11011110101 0111011111 11111101 11011101 11110111 11010010 1001010101 01101010101 1111110101 01110011111 11110111 11011111 110101 10010011 0101100111 01111101110 11010101 11011001 11010101 01011111 11111101010 11111111010 1111011101 1111011101 11110111 01011101 11111110 11010100 1101110100 1010110101 11010001 11011111 11011101 01010111 11111111110 11110111010 1101011101 1011110101 01011001 11011101 111001111 01111101 1111111101 1111111111 100111010 100111110 10011101 01011100 10011001010 01111111010 1111111011 1101010001 11110111 01111100 11011111 11011101 1101010101 11110101 11111111 01011101 11110101 11010101 11111111010 11110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, each, we, as, all, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, many are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Corinna's Going A-Maying;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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