This is an analysis of the poem A Doe In The City that begins with:

Little KITTY LORIMER,
Fair, and young, and witty,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb ccXc bbcb cded cfcf gXXb bXga XaeX ebXbXcbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 111110 1111100 1000010 1010101 101010 1010101 101110 0010100 1010010 101101 101010 1110100 111010 1110100 001010 1010111 001011 1010100 101011 1010111 111011 10010101 100110 1111100 111011 1110111 101110 1010101 1001110 1010111 111111 1111101 101110 0111100 011010 1110100 1010010 1111100 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; ' is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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