This is an analysis of the poem The Franklin's Maid (From 'The White Company') that begins with:
The franklin he hath gone to roam, The franklin's maid she bides at home; But she is cold, and coy, and staid, And who may win the franklin's maid?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a a a a aXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111010101110111101111111110101 11010101010011001101111111110101 11011101011101011101110111110101 11010101010111001101110111110101 11110111010111010111010110010101 111111111111001011111111101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 146 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 27
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, franklin's, maid, his, came, there, win, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
The author used the same word there 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 maid is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word maid at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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