This is an analysis of the poem Lucy Iv that begins with:

THREE years she grew in sun and shower;
Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddbaab bbeffe ggdffX hhiggi jjXkkXXbbdbbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101110 1101110010 111101 01101101 11011101 110011 100001100 11101101 110111 0111001110 111101010 110101 11010101 11010101 1101001 10100101 10010101 111001 11011111 00100111 111101 100010001 11110101 110100 11011101 00111101 1100101 110011101 110101001 110001 11010001 11010101 110101 11010101 11110101 100101 11010111 11110111 111101 01011101 01000110 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word 'the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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