This is an analysis of the poem The Girl Who Lisps that begins with:
My love is light as a will-o'-the-wisp,
Oh, my, me ! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Ba B cXc B d Bd B XXXB d BX B eeXB b Bb B ffXXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,3,1,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101100101 111 111100101 111 1111110111 1111111010 11011111 111 1111111110 111 111010011 111 11111100 110111111 11110101 111 101010011 111 11110111 111 11010101 10111111 111110111 111 11010111 111 11110110 111 111110111 11010101 111111011 111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; my, i, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Girl Who Lisps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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