This is an analysis of the poem The Marriage Of Geraint that begins with:

The brave Geraint, a knight of Arthur's court,
A tributary prince of Devon, one ... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,17,23,36,39,31,9,8,19,42,19,14,19,2,3,3,3,3,16,7,21,23,48,3,17,10,10,25,58,22,11,50,5,47,22,25,44,3,14,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 41
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 912
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 849
  • 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; of, and, loved, now, in, her, to, forgetful, his, i, my, all, enid, faded, ', you, at, arms, truth, wheel, he, me, have, very, or, shalt, thou, she, looked, had, them, that, it, him, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, forgetful, not, a, thy, or, that are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, then, 'turn 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 ', love, geraint, fair, sea are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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