This is an analysis of the poem Barbara Allen's Cruelty that begins with:
In Scarlet towne, where I was borne,
There was a faire maid dwellin,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXa bXba aXXa cXda cXba Xdde febe bXXa gaga XXba feXd aXXa XXXX fXdb bdbdXgaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 1101110 110011110 01110010 1001101 1111010 11110111 11010010 11011001 00111110 11101101 111010010 11010101 1101010 11010101 11010010 11010101 1101010 11010111 11010010 11010111 1101111 11111111 11111010 11011001 011010 11011101 1111110 01111111 11011110 11011011 11110010 11011001 111110 010101011 01010010 11110101 1101010 110010101 01010010 1101101 1101010 11110111 1111011 0101111 0101010 11011110 1010010 11111101 0111010 11010111 1111010 11010101 11111 111111101 1111111 11011111 10001011 11010001 110111 11111101 1101110 11110101 01010010
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 64
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, came, slowly, you, adieu are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, adieu are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word allen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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