This is an analysis of the poem Little Ditties I that begins with:

Winifred Waters sat and sighed
Under a weeping willow; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXXc caca dede fgfg aeae bcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 1001011 1110111 101010 1110111 101110 1011101010 110010 1000101 001110 1010101 101010 11111010 101010 10101110 001010 10101010 111010 10100100 001010 1011101 110010 1000111 111010 1101111 111010 1111101 10010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Little Ditties I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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