This is an analysis of the poem The Mad Maid's Song that begins with:
Good morrow to the day so fair;
Good morning, sir, to you;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcXc dddd efef ghgh chchXchch
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01000111 010101 01001111 100001 01000111 010011 100100110 011101 11011101 101101 11011111 111101 11101101 111011 11111101 1110110 11111110 0111111 11011101 1110011 11111101 1111111 11011101 1111011 11110111 0101011 11111101 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; good, to, woe, him, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words good, i'll, and are repeated.
The author used the same words good, i'll at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word him at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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