This is an analysis of the poem The Warrior's Return that begins with:
Sir Walter returned from the far Holy Land,
And a blood-tinctured falchion he bore;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dbeb cdaX afgf bada Xfhf dabX gdbd accc dici aXbX jXfX fjfj kdhX dclX aici agcX lacX XXaX caaa kaaa ecdc abgX amim dddX XgaX eccc ndgd ldcd cglX ifeX XjbX dadX dmlm cogo hdoX hgag fadX nddX haba kgkX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001001101 1011001011 11101111001 110100001 110011011010 11101011 1011110101101 01111001 11011001111 101110001 01111001101 11101011 11011001001 101111001 101001111001 1011010010 11101001011 101101101 11011101101 11011101 111110001011 11001011 11101101101 01101001 111111101011 101101011 111110010101 10100100001 101001111001 01101001 11101011001 100110110 11001101011 11101101 111101101101 11011001 1111100010001 01101001 11011011001 00101011 1011111011011 010110011 11001101001 01001001 0110110100101 10111100100 101111111011011 10111000100 1010110111001 10101110010 10111010110011 1001100010 1010111000001111 11001011 11111101011 011101011 1001111011001 11001011 101101001011 11011111 101111101111 101001011 10111001001 01011010 1010001111001 101011001 11001011011 01101001 011011110101 11011001 11001001111 011010011 111111111 11011101 11011101011 0100101100 11101111000100 101001101100 10011011011 0101101100 101111011011 11001111 01011000000101 101011101 101111001001 11011001 11001111101 11101001 101111101001 1101010010 11111001001 110011001 101011111011 010001101 1111011010011 110010010 101001101101 11101011 11001101101 11011011 101001011011 01011001 11101101001 010111110 1011111101100 1000101001 101111001011 1110010011 11011101011 01001011 11101001101 11001001 11111101101 011100001 111011001001 110010011 101111101001 11001101 111111110011 010001011 101001011101 01111001 10101001101 111011100 101001101101 11011001 01001001011 010110010 101011001010 01101011 11011011111 111110011 1010010011011 01101001 11101011011 011110110 101101111101 01101011 11111111101 11111011 101001111001 11011001 11011011001 01001011 100101111011 11011111 11001101011 1110101000 10011001111 11101101 10111101001 01001011 1011100111011 111001111 11111011111 111110010 11101101101 01011001 11001111001 110111110 1010100001101 010010001 101001001011 11001101 11001001101 101101011 1101001011011 110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 42
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 168
- 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; his, he, her, my, thy, more, i, for, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, his are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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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- summary of The Warrior's Return;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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