This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Theodolinda that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcddBB X eXfXBb X cgcghh X fifihX a jfjfhh a cfcfBb X aiaibb X hhhhkk X jdjdBb h lmlmbb a acacff X bXbbbb X nmnmff X ocochh X hXhbpp X cmcmaa X fpfpaa X hghgoo X ckckbb X eoeobb XXhphpbbBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110011 0010101 1010111 1000101 1010101 10110001 11101 10111 1 10100010 10000101 1101101 1111110 1011101 0010111 1 11010001 1110101 1010101 1011101 1010101 10110001 1 1010101 1010101 1110101 00101001 1011111 10111100 1 1001101 1011101 1000111 1000111 1011101 1010101 1 0111111 1111101 1000101 1011101 1011101 0011101 1 1011101 1111101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1 1010011 1010101 1110101 1001011 1010101 1011111 1 1111101 1111111 1010100 1010101 1011101 1010011 1 1111111 1010101 1110101 0010101 1011101 1010111 1 1010111 1110101 10010111 1110101 1010111 1011101 1 1010101 1010110 1000111 1110101 1011101 1011111 1 1010101 10110101 11100101 1010111 1011101 1010101 1 1010011 1000101 1110101 1110101 1011111 1011111 1 01100101 10100100 1110111 1110101 1010111 1011111 1 10100101 1011111 1110001 1110111 1010101 1011101 1 1010101 1010101 1011111 1111111 1011010 1011101 1 1110111 1010101 1010111 1010101 10111101 1011111 1 11101011 1010011 1100101 1110111 1011101 10111001 1 10101010 1010101 11101010 1110111 1010101 1011111 1 1010101 1111101 10101001 1010101 1010101 1100101 11101 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 42
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 151
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, heat, thee, they, robed, in, me, with, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, on, robed, what, i are repeated.
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