This is an analysis of the poem Sir Galahad that begins with:
MY good blade carves the casques of men,
My tough lance thrusteth sure, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefff gdgdhahaXdbd ffffgbgbXafa Xifijdjdgfff akakfdfdjfff ababefefgbfb cfXfgbgXXdgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101001 111101 11010101 011101 010010101 01110101 01011111 011101 11110101 11010101 011101010 11010111 11111101 111101 10110101 010111 11110101 11110111 11010101 110101 11011111 110001111 11111111 01010110 11010101 010111 01110101 110101 11110111 11011111 01110111 010101 11010101 01010101 01110101 11011101 011101010 110101 11111111 111101 01011101 11010101 010101001 110111 1110101 11010101 11110101 11110001 11110101 110111 01110101 011101 01010101 110010111 110010101 110101 11011101 11010101 1110101 110111101 010101010 111111 110101010 110111 11111011 11010101 11000101 110111 11011101 01010111 01110111 11110101 01110001 110101 01010100 111111 11010101 11010101 11110101 110101 11110111 11111111 111110001 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, i, this are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, the, i, pure, this are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fair connects the lines.
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- summary of Sir Galahad;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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