This is an analysis of the poem The Golden Legend: Vi. The School Of Salerno that begins with:

A traveling Scholastic affixing his Theses to the gate
of the College.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab ccdeeXdddXffdaaghhhhggccigiggjeej cd gggg Xk ff ii gd Xd g bX lgbll dmdmmmdgdg nn ffn ffa fXgnaannmgmgg o ogXXgXffgddfggffddhhXfpgpdgcXcfgXX i XdgdddXaafiiiXdqqdaaaaaaadd d ffhhhX hccgjgjggg mgimdXgmmgiggigfqfqnlnnp Xf r n ffd fphf gdc ba malmgp mcafp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,33,2,4,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,5,10,2,3,3,13,1,34,1,27,1,6,10,24,2,1,1,3,4,3,2,6,5,5,5,16,1,5,1,16,3,1,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,4,1,3,1,2,6,11,10,10,2,13,11,1,6,1,7,1,1,2,5,2,3,1,7,3,10,1,2,2,22,7,23,1,1,1,7,22,20,8,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 95
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 550
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, he, doctor, and, of, his, that, in, whether, prince, you, henry, to, not, them, life, as, it, her, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, the, to, as, my, in, a are repeated.

    The author used the same words doctor, prince, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, her, him are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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