This is an analysis of the poem Mary Ann Is Coming Home that begins with:

Mary Ann is coming home
Coming home to-night, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Bc bc de dc bc b X bf be ga g gb hB g ib ij gj gc bc b X ed eg jj jh bfXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 10101 101101010 10111 10101010 110101 10101010 10001 10101010 111011 11101010 10111 10110010 10101 111001110 10111 11100010 10101 10101010 01111 101111110 10111 101110111 10101 10111010 101101 101111010 10101 10101010 11101 11111110 10101 11101010 11111 11101110 10101 10111110 10101 101100010 11101 10101110 10101 10111010 10001 10100011 111101 10100110 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; home, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

    The author used the same words when, make at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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