This is an analysis of the poem St. Margaret's Eve that begins with:
Saint Margaret's Eve it did befall,
The waves roll so gayly O,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaB cBcB XBXB XBXB XBXB dBdB XBXB eBeB cBcB dBdB fBfB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010001 0111101 01110101 111 110111111 0111101 10110001001 111 01111101 0111101 11010110010 111 10110101 0111101 110101110 111 01110101 0111101 100010001 111 011101001 0111101 11010101 111 11111111 0111101 11111101 111 110100101 0111101 011111001 111 11111101 0111101 110010111 111 11111101 0111101 1101111 111 1110101 0111101 11011101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 44
- 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:
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; love is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word true at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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