This is an analysis of the poem Great Twin Brethren, The that begins with:

The battle will not cease
Till once again on those white steeds ye ride, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXbcaadXeXdea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011 1101111111 1100101 0101000101 1100 11 11001101 1101010111 010101 11010010111 111101 1101101101 0001 01 11010101 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 488
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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