This is an analysis of the poem Nicholas Nye that begins with:

Thistle and darnell and dock grew there,
And a bush, in the corner, of may, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xbab bdeXfbdX Xcbcgbcb dbgbXbbb egfgXbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111 101001001 101011101 00101001 1011101 10111001 111111101 11001 10011111 10111 11010100 11011110 110101011 101111 11011011 110011 010011110011 1001001 11011101 1111011 101001011001 10111001 1100111 11001 100101111 001001001 1011001011 111011 110011101 10111001 1011011011 11001 111100101 0100111 01011101 111101 110011101 10110011 11101111101 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, the are repeated.

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

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