This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Galahad that begins with:
It was before the hour of dawn,
Ere the birds 'gan to sing,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcdX ceaX XDXX fXeX XDgX XcfX XagX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101001 101101 11010010 010001 110111011 111011 11010111 111100 11111101 111101 11111101 11111 11110110 010101 11111111 100111 11110110 1101111 10010111 101101 11110110 010101 11111011 110011 11011111 110111 11010101 1011001 11111110 110101 11100111 0111010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, at, up, in, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
The author used the same word 'i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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