This is an analysis of the poem Winding Wool that begins with:

She'd bring to me a skein of wool
And beg me to hold out my hands;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dedXbaba fefecaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11101111 11111101 11010101 00011111 01010101 01010101 11001101 10010111 01001111 11110101 01110100 01110101 11110111 11011101 11010101 01101111 10110111 11110011 11001111 10110011 11010101 11010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to, would, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word wool at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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