This is an analysis of the poem London Types: Barmaid that begins with:
Though, if you ask her name, she says 'Elise,'
Being plain Elizabeth, e'en let it pass, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabaacacbdbdbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10110111100 101010010101 11100101111 1101010101 10001010111 11001110111 0101010101 1101010001 0101011001 01011001101 1001111111 0101000101 1101011100 1101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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