This is an analysis of the poem Guinevere that begins with:

Queen Guinevere had fled the court, and sat
There in the holy house at Almesbury ... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,32,85,8,22,3,3,3,3,33,5,6,7,40,5,32,19,10,4,8,5,24,23,21,105,5,49,4,21,6,50,7,21,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 884
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 698
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, she, my, to, her, nor, late, we, too, for, they, king, i, such, signs, he, his, me, ', all, that, as, him, from, their, flesh, thee, love, thou, hope, not, it, your, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, would, there, late, her, for, flying, the, to, then, i, gone, it are repeated.

    The author used the same words for, no, then 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 weald, queen, broke, ', flesh, still, hope, you are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words now, ' 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 sing connects the lines.

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