This is an analysis of the poem Old Mother Laidinwool that begins with:
Old Mother Laidinwool had nigh twelve months been dead.
She heard the hops was doing well, an' so popped up her head... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bAAaX CcdX aXee aaff ddbb CcffXeAAad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110100111101 11011101111101 11111110111111 1100110101010100 111111 1001111 1001111 1001111111 10111110 110100110101 11010111111111 11010101110111 1011111010111110 11010101011101 11011000010111 11001100111111 11101001101001 11010101110001 111010101110111 11111111111111 1110100110111 110100110111 01011101110101 01011101110101 1110100110101 110100110101 11010111111111 11111100111101 101110110011101 111001 1001111 1001111 101111111 10111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, lord, she, an', to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words back, until, out are repeated.
The author used the same word old at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lord is repeated).
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