This is an analysis of the poem Our Rampant Coat-Of-Arms that begins with:

The Lion and the Unicorn
Of England's Coat-of-Arms... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcbbdeed cXcXfffX AXbgbbbg caXaccca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 010101 10111111 010101 01111100 110101 11010101 01011111 110011 10010101 1100110 11010101 1100100 11110101 11010111 01111101 1100010 01010101 1111000 11011001 0101110 11010101 10010101 11111101 1101010 11010001 1100010 111111100 1001010 01111101 01010111 10010101 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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; to, and are repeated.

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