This is an analysis of the poem The Lads In Their Hundreds that begins with:

The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair,
There's men from the barn and the forge and the mill and the fold, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efefXfbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011001110101 11001101101101 01101101101011 11001101101001 11001101101101 11001101011001 11001001101001 11101011111001 11111011101001 01001011111001 11111001011011 11001101110101 11111111111001 110111100111001 11011001001001 01101011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, lads, for, many, them, wish, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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