This is an analysis of Mary - A Ballad by Robert Southey.
Author Note: The story of the following ballad was related to me, when a school boy, as a fact which had really happened in the North of England. I have
adopted the metre of Mr. Lewis's Alonzo and Imogene--a poem deservedly…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXX a bcbbc X dedde X afaaf X ghXgh a aiaai a gegge X jXjjg X ejeeX X jXjjX c XhkkX a agaag X jgjjg X ghggh X ekeek X jejje X eeeee X jajja X jbjjb X ejeej X gkggk XXafaaf
- Stanza lengths: 3,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,7,
- Metre: 1010100010010101001101110111101000101011 0100101010001011010100100 100 1 1010110111011 101101001 11111011011 11001101001 001001001 1 111010010101 111001101 101101001011 101101011101 101011001 1 11011011001 110010110 010001011001 11011011011 11001001 1 01011101001 111000001 01101001010 11011101011 1011010110 1 11111011001 111001011 11011011011 11111011011 11110101 1 101011011101 11001011 111010010111 11001001001 11001011 1 101001110010101 1010110100 10111010001101 100011011011 1011001001 1 1011101111001 111011011 1011011101011 101011011001 10011010010 1 1010010001011 1010110110 10101100001101 101011001101 1010110110 1 1010011010100 001001001 1011111101011 101011011001 100101100100 1 01001001001 101001011 01011101011 111001001101 11001111 1 1001111101001 101011101 101111011101 101001011111 101001001 1 101011011011 11001011 101101011011 101001011011 1010110010 1 11011011011 11001001 101001101101 11111011001 101101001 1 011011011001 11011111 011011001001 111001001001 01101001 1 01011011001 11001011 110011001111 111001111001 101001011 1 1101101111 01011101 01101001101 101001011001 11101001 1 100101011011111 1110001101 110001011101 11001101001 11101011 1 11011110101 111001001 101101111011 101011011101 01001001 1 11011101001 101001101 010110100001 111111011101 101001011 1 101101101011 01001001 11001001001 010010011001 011001001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 43
- Lines: 150
Repeated words/phrases
of, she, her, and, it
Anaphora
she, and
