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

That story which the bold Sir Bedivere,
First made and latest left of all the knights,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbXcdbbcefggghfibahjgifkX cgjfceegXleibbchggbgX mhgdgakjbcajedX XckihjanmeeoXX cXXajcceefdjfgccepghc cpkacaacjXajcaXbcg hkfbeipggfjqpjjibe Xdd gqgeXidX dbdqcbX iaebdrgdeedlgprh gejgsigagjh XhaseibbrgjeijrpimHadgjrfX XaijhX Xbjdjmm rjkcamdggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,21,15,14,21,18,18,3,8,7,16,11,26,6,7,14,3,3,10,6,22,3,2,3,15,15,3,11,5,9,17,11,22,13,26,8,5,11,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 40
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 542
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 504
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; i, him, in, his, and, it, my, hollow, of, friend, king, thee, on, hast, what, for, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, thine, nor, the, what are repeated.

    The author used the same words then, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word word 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 king connects the lines.

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