This is an analysis of the poem Idylls Of The King: The Last Tournament (Excerpt) that begins with:

Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood
Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabCaXbdX efaeghahififjbkllaXaaeX jmbjXX anajiaopnqeX Xbber jablpr iaX msX njhinjXjrhmjhiehjepeX XkctpbpXomnbageaijX cthX prchXeaeenXbXX eajaapbX iaeihbgjaeg bjafnj pcjlpjnheijiricagiiXgiaiapbjffXibXbXptX bjapaeaicriiaaX eruaXjjX rhejeiigabkX ic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,23,6,12,5,6,3,3,21,19,4,14,8,11,6,39,15,8,12,15,35,7,3,14,12,14,4,5,4,9,12,14,13,20,13,24,11,30,2,35,16,12,14,7,8,19,8,17,28,50,17,9,8,5,5,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 57
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 804
  • 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; and, of, thro', one, knight, have, his, your, it, that, thou, in, to, broken, music, but, new, innocence, thee, fool, i, so, from, or, him, not, what, would, if, mark, my, he, thine, be, sin, her, loved, isolt, with, me, ye, himself, love, as, ay, star are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words and, he, 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 one, red, sin, thee, isolt are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words king, well, heaven at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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