This is an analysis of the poem Fannie that begins with:
Fannie has the sweetest foot
Ever in a gaiter boot!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaabbCDC efXfXgegaaCDC bXXabbfffahaCDc gififfichchCDc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,13,15,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010101 1000101 101010 101110 1010101 1010101 1010101 111110 1111111 1100110 1010101 01000101 01110101 01011001 01010101 11110101 1010111 010010011 11010101 1001101 111110 1111111 1100110 1011101 1010100 10101010 1011101 10100101 11110101 01011001 11110111 110010101 101010 11010110 101110 111110 1111111 1100110 1010101 10100101 1010111 0011001 11011101 01010001 0010101 101010 100111 1111010 1010101 111110 1111111 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, it, fannie are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, fannie are repeated.
The author used the same word fannie 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 it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word fannie 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 fannie connects the lines.
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