This is an analysis of the poem The Legend Of Immortal Truth that begins with:

A bear, having spread him a notable feast,
Invited a famishing fox to the place.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaXccdeeX ffeeggehhaiiajj kkllbbggmmaagggjX aaXXnnaXXaaaeeXaggXa ddaXaeeddbb oaoaaaXdhhjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,15,17,20,11,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101001 01001001001 1111111001 11001001001 01010011010 0111010 110110 1110101 110100101 1010100101 111010111 010110111 0100101001 1110100101 01110011 110110101 0101 11101011101 110110101 011010101 111010101 0111 00101 110100101 111100110 0110011101 01110101 01010111 010101111 010101101 01110101 01010101 101110101 101010101 0101001001 11011001001 11110101 01011101 10001 1111 100101111 111110111 1101100110 11011011 11000111 110111100 111101010 11110100 01001100 11011101 1111010100 010111010 11110101 010111010 1100101010 11111101 11011001 11010001 10110101 1010110101 010100111 11010110 11110101 110100101 11110101 110101101 0101000110 110010101 0100101001 0100101101 110110111 100100101 1010100111 011100101 1111101 1111 01110111 1011 110010101 011000001 1110111 10010101 100101001 01010111 010100101 010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 514
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, i, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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 her, it are repeated).

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