This is an analysis of the poem The Royal Jester that begins with:
Once on a time, so ancient poets sing,
There reigned in Godknowswhere a certain king.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaddaaeeffddgX ddhhiiddddggaadd ddjjbbiiddkkllii mmgggg nnkkggddggnncckkbbccddooddggnXllXcchh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,16,16,6,37,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101110101 1101000101 1101110111 1101010001 0101111101 11110111001 1111010001 1011010111 1111000101 1101011001 1011010101 1101011101 11100101010 11011111010 0111010101 1111000101 1011011101 1101010111 1011010001 1101111101 1101010011 0101110011 11110110101 0101010101 1001110101 11010100101 1001000101 0101110101 0101110101 1111011111 11010101111 1111010101 0111111111 0101010111 1011000101 01011100101 101110011101 0111000101 1101010101 1101010111 111000110010 11010111010 10010001010 01100101010 1001010101 0101110001 1111011101 1100010101 0111110001 1011010101 1001010101 0101011101 1101001001 1101000101 1101011111 1101010101 0100011111 1101001111 1011111101 1101010101 00101010101 1111010101 1001000101 1111110001 10010101001 1101011101 0111010101 0101010001 1011000101 1011010101 1001010111 0101000101 1001010101 1101010101 10110100010 01000100010 10110011010 11000111010 1111010111 0101010001 1111011101 1110110001 10101010101 0110000111 0111000001 0011110101 0101000101 010010111001 1001010101 1101000101 0101000101 1101110011 1101110101 0011010101 1111011101 1101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 670
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; his, and, made, if, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).
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- summary of The Royal Jester;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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