This is an analysis of the poem The Little Girl Found that begins with:

All the night in woe,
Lyca's parents go:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb Xcdd bbee ddff ggaa hhii ccee iidd ddee cchh eebb eeee jjjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 10101 10101 10101 101110 10101 101101 110101 10111 01111 111111 10101 11101 010101 100101 010101 10001 0100101 010101 111101 00111 010101 10111 010101 10111 10101 10001 11101 10001 11101 11111 110101 110101 10101 110001 010101 10101 10101 10101 11111 10111 11101 01101 10101 1110 10101 111101 01101 00111 00101 110101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, nor are repeated.

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  • summary of The Little Girl Found;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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