This is an analysis of the poem Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair that begins with:

1 I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair,
2 Borne, like a vapor, on the summer air;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaXaa ccbbddee ffddaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101000111 11101010101 11101010111 110101011101 1100011010111 1100011110010 111101000111 1101010101101 11111000101 110001010101 11101001111 1101111001111 1101011110101 110101111101 111111011111 1101010101101 11111010111 11001110101 10111010111 110101111111 11010110110101 110101001011 111111000111 1101010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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