This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of The Dark Ladie. A Fragment. that begins with:
Beneath yon birch with silver bark,
And boughs so pendulous and fair,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cded Xfgf eege ahfX agcg gefe XicX jjXj gdfd kgig ahdh kbfb hgcg cggg X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110101 11110011 01110101 110101 11010111 0110101 01010001 111101 11110101 1010101 01110111 010101 01110101 11110111 1010101 1100111 110101001 11110101 11111001 110001 101111101 11010111 01010101 110001 1101101 11111101 11110011 111101 110111011 11111101 11111111 1101111 01110001 10011101 110111010 1100001 11011011 01010001 11010111 010101 11010101 11011101 11011101 0101001 11011101 010011101 11100101 110101 10010111 11101101 11111101 101001 11010101 010111010 01010111 101110 11111111 11110101 0111010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, she, i, gave, dark are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, she, o, i are repeated.
The author used the same words she, 'my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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