This is an analysis of the poem The Milkmaid's Song that begins with:

Turn, turn, for my cheeks they burn,
Turn by the dale, my Harry!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbccbcBCB XdeffedXAAaeAAbggBCB DeceaaXXeXbhhbCb cacacaacicccjBgBbabCB DeddeccEdEEdEjjekekeke cejjjgkkgiikkgbg aaabXdbfffbjjbddbkkkblllbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,20,16,21,22,16,27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1101110 1111 111101 11101110 11 111 11101110 0111101111 1111110 11 111110 11 1011 11111010 1111011001 11101011101 111110010 111101 11011010 1111 1101 111101001 111101010 1111 1101 1110110 0111 11101 1111110 11 111110 1111101 11101010 1100000 11101010 11101 01001 10111010 1110100 01110010 1110100 0111110 110110100 0111101111 11101110 11 101110 11111111 110111 11011111 011101 11011111 1111101 1111001 1101101 1111001 0110101 111101 11111101 110111001 11001110 110100111 11001110 11101010 11111111 1111110 11 111110 1111101 11011110 1011101 11101101 111010110 010111001 1010111001 1010110 100111101 1010110 111110010 10111111 111110010 111101101 111110111 1010110 1011101 11011010 1011101101 1010110110 1011111111 101111010 1110101 1101110 111111001 1011101101 1100111 111111010 011110101 0110101111 111011010 10011001 111110101 111101111 110100111 101100010 110 01100110 1110110101 1010101111 110111101 1110110 1110111101 110010111 1111010 1101101111 110101111 11111111 1111110 1110101001 1100111011 1111110 1011101111 11101011 1111110 1111111 101101111 1111111001 0111110 11111111 11001011001 01110111 1111110 110 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; turn, fill, as, whistled, through, he's, to, coming, come, my, and, over, he, i, roll, up are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words turn, fill, he's, and, my, roll are repeated.

    The author used the same word wheugh 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 fill, harry, marry are repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fill connects the lines.

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