This is an analysis of the poem Yarrow Revisited that begins with:

. The gallant Youth, who may have gained,
Or seeks, a "winsome Marrow,"... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdedefgfahch hhihjXgf klXlaaja gfmfadXd gcgccaca ncmXgfaf edndilhl gbkbheie hXededgd idhdommm mgcXcfof eXXamaca Xlclhhih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011111 110100100 11110001 1111110 11110101 1101010 11110101 1100010 11111111 1100010 01010111 0101110 11011111 0100010 1000100111 1001010 11010111 0101010 110100101 1101010 11011101 0101100 110101010 1101010 11010101 0101010 110010101 0111010 10110101 0100010 11111101 1101010 10110101 1101110 01100101 1101110 011100111 1101010 01110111 0100010 01010101 1001010 01011101 1111010 010101001 11011010 11101101 1100010 11110101 11011100 11100111 1111110 11100101 1101010 01010011 0111010 11110001 1100010 11010101 01010010 11011111 0101110 01010101 1111010 11010101 1101110 01010101 11010010 11011101 0101011 11010101 0101101 01010101 1101110 11110101 1111010 10111101 0100010 11010101 0101010 11101101 1101110 01010111 01001010 11010101 0101111 100100101 1101011 11110101 1101010 10001111 1100100 11010001 0101010 111011001 0111010 11011111 0101010 11010101 01001010 11010111 1100110 1010100001 1101010 11110101 1011010 11110111 1101110 01111101 1001011 11011111 010010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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

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