This is an analysis of the poem Sweet Peas that begins with:
Where lilac trees are gossiping,
And whispering tell-tales to the breeze, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a Xa b b ca c a X X d edeaXX f gf ghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,6,1,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111100 110011001 01111100 01011101 11010101 01010111 010100101 01010101 01110101 01010101 10011101 01010100 01010101 010101010 11011111 110101010 111001011 111111111 111 11111101 110111101 11011111 11011101 01010101 01010011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 58
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; ', sweet, peas are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ', to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.
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