This is an analysis of the poem Mandy Ann Mcgowan that begins with:
In class meetin, my Mandy Ann
She riz, and made my blood run cold : ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b bX cc c c d d a AaAA X dX dc ec effaAaAA g fg Xh ghXghhaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,2,2,2,8,1,2,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01101101 11111111 111110101 010100011 11110101 01110111 01110101 11010101 11010001 11110111 11010101 01100101 111010111 11011101 1101010 111011010 01010111 011010101 110110101 11111011 01011101 11011111 11101101 111101101 111011111 11110111 01100101 111010111 11011101 1101010 11000101 111101111 11111111 01010100 11010001 01010111 111010111 111110101 010011111 10111101 111010111 11001101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, mandy, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, i, et are repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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