This is an analysis of the poem Old Sweethearts that begins with:
Oh Maggie, do you mind the day
We went to school together,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff agaghh abXbii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 1101010 11110101 1110010 11100101 11010111 11111111 1111110 01101111 1111110 11011100 01010110 01010001 1111011 11011111 1111011 11110011 01111111 11011001 1111110 11010101 1111110 11010101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Old Sweethearts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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