This is an analysis of the poem Spartan Mother that begins with:

My mother loved her horses and
Her hounds of pedigree;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXcXc dedeeaeX afafaXacXababfafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 010100 10110101 110001 01110111 110101 11010101 100101 11100101 110101 11011101 011111 11110111 110111 11011111 111011 11010101 110111 01110101 111101 110101111 1111110 11110101 010001 10111111 110111 11011111 111101 11011111 110001 11000101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; her, and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

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