This is an analysis of the poem The Merryman And His Maid that begins with:
[HE] I have a song to sing, O!
[SHE] Sing me your song, O!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbbacCCXXXCX AAddaeeCcCXXXCX AAffabBeeCCCXXXCX AAggaggbBhhcCCXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,15,17,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 111111 1001001 10111 11001011 00100100101 11111111 111111111 111101001 1010 1001100 111111111 111101001 11101011 111111 1001001 00111 11001111 00100100101 110111101 10100100101 11111111 111111111 111101001 1010 1001100 111111111 111101001 11101011 111111 1001001 00111 10101111 00100100101 111010101 1010100101 111111101 10100100101 11111111 111111111 111101001 1010 1001100 111111111 111101001 11101011 111111 1001001 101001 101001011 00100100111 111011101 0011100101 111010101 1010111011 1011110111 10100100101 11111111 111111111 111101001 11010 1001100 0101011111 111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 565
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; who, he are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines o is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ladye at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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