This is an analysis of the poem The Holy Grail that begins with:

From noiseful arms, and acts of prowess done
In tournament or tilt, Sir Percivale, ... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,12,7,8,14,9,15,18,28,5,9,6,17,13,3,13,8,2,20,21,12,13,9,3,3,2,5,35,10,23,7,11,12,10,20,19,5,40,4,51,24,49,20,14,13,39,12,10,15,5,10,9,6,87,16,12,7,15,17,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 61
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 676
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 920
  • 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, to, her, i, my, love, he, it, men, lancelot, more, me, thou, saw, blood, red, bridge, as, in, him, for, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, we, beyond, and, thou, blood, he, our, this 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rest, pray, brook, vale are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same 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 words/phrases perilous, hold, slime connect the lines.

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