This is an analysis of the poem Alfred’s Song that begins with:
In the Beginning when, out of darkness,
The Earth, the Heaven,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeedd faXgacehd ciceXXbbbbdd dedfEXEdXdhhchiddX ebXXaceaXXdbaXcegXcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,12,18,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001011010 01010 01010 01011 11110 11010 01110 11110 11010 01111 11110 01010 01110 11010 11110 01010 11110 1100111010 11110 01010 01110 01110 10110 01110 01010 1110101110 11010 11010 10110 110110 01110 11010 11110 10110 01010 10110 01110 01111 11110 11110 11010 01011 11010 01110 00010 01110 11110 11011001010 01110 10110 101100 1101101110 01010 01110 01111 1111 110010 10110 11010 01111 01110 11101001010 11110 11110 11110 01001001010 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, mighty are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, of, her are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word england at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mighty connects the lines.
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