This is an analysis of the poem Ah Me! that begins with:
When maiden loves, she sits and sighs,
She wanders to and fro;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaaXXXbbX cXccXXXddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 110011 10011101 10110101 00110 1101011000 1111011000 1101 1111 1101011000 110111001 1110101 11110101 11011101 0011010 1101011010 1101111010 1101 0100 1100011010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; she, and, heigho are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines heigho, me are repeated).
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- summary of Ah Me!;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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