This is an analysis of the poem Katie Drummond that begins with:

My Louis loved me oh so well
And spiered me for his wife;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff fdfdgg ahahXg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 1101101 111101001 111101 01000100 101101 1101001 111111 10110111 111011 01010001 111011 11110101 011001 01010101 100101 11110101 110011 10110101 010111 11010111 110101 11111110 011111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, him, his are repeated.

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