This is an analysis of the poem Babette that begins with:
My Lady is dancing so lightly,
The belle of the Embassy Ball;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcdc dedeacac cfcfcccc fgXgfcfc hbhbdcXc hihidcdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010110 01001001 111110010 11001001 01001010 01001001 011010010 00111101 110110010 11101101 110011010 11101101 110010110 01001001 010011110 11001001 1100100010 010101001 111111011 01001001 1111111010 01011011 010010001 11001001 011010110 01101001 010011110 101101001 110010110 11101011 1010011010 11011001 111110110 1010010011 010110010 11101001 110111110 1100101 01001110 01011001 011011010 01011011 110111010 010011010 010010110 11001011 1110110010 11001001 01001010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 49
- 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; as, i'm, and, of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm is repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word babette at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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