This is an analysis of the poem Where The Grass Grows Green that begins with:
I never was there ; but I Ve heard them declare
That, away over where the shamrocks are seen, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xa b c bc bd Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,1,1,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110111111001 10110101011 1110011011111 01101101001 11001111001 10100111001 11001101101 11101001001 00110101011 101001011001 1110101011 11001101101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and are repeated.
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