This is an analysis of the poem The Loving Ballad Of Lord Bateman that begins with:
Lord Bateman was a noble lord,
A noble lord of high degree;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cded bfge hbeb heiX abdX abdX jfeX hieX cbfb gghX gXhX aEDX hbhb hXdb hbgX aEDX jbaX hbhX hbgX XbXX
- 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,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01010101 1101101001 11010101 111111 01110110 1111011010 01011110 100101101 11011111 111111010 01011111 011111010 01011111 1101001010 1111011111 1111001010 11010101 1100111101 11111011110 1111101111 1110000101 11111001110 1101011111 111101111 1110000101 110101001110 1101011111 1010101101 110101101 101111010 11011101 1111001010 11010101 101001101110 1111101110 110100111 11111101 11110110 111101111 111011110010 11011101 11110101110 111011101 1001110010 10010110 1111101110 111100111 1110110101 1010001011 1101001110 1001111100 101101101110 10110110111 01110110010 111110101 111111110 11111101 110010110 11011101 1111110010 111101111 0111101010 1111100 11110100101 1010001011 1101001110 1001111100 11010101 11010101 10101101101 01010101101 111101110 110110111 10110111010 0100101101 10111010110 111001010111 1101001110 1111100111 11010101010 01111101 101011101010 110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; lord, he, him, you, and, to, ', away, went, news, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, o, 'o are repeated.
The author used the same word 'o 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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