This is an analysis of the poem Traditionary Version that begins with:

As I came in by Dunidier,
An doun by Netherha,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX AXbX acaX acaX acXX XdXX beaX XcfX AXED EDXX bXag cceX GceX GhaX eieX eiXi XXXh fiXX jiji XXXX XXaX heae XaXa XdfX cXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101100 111100 111010100 010010 101011111 11111101 1111100 11111101 111101 11110101 111101 11010101 111101 11111101 111011 111010101 111111 11111001 011101 11011100 111101 11111110 111101 111010100 010010 11011101 111101 11101101 110111 11111101 111100 010100101 111111 11111101 111110 11111101 111101 11111101 111101 11011111 1010110 01001111 111111 11111101 110111 11001001 1101011 11111101 110101 11111101 111100 11101011 111111 11111101 0111101 11111101 111111 1110101 111101 01101001 011111 010101 1010011 101101010 110111 11010101 101001 111010100 111111 01011111 110111 11111101 010110 0111111 110101 10111111 010101 110010 011101 11100100 1110101 11111111 111110 111010101 011110 11111101 101101 1110101 110101 1100110 010001 1100110 111111 1101010 011101 11011101 1011010 11000111 101110 11111110 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dree, ye, cam, on, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an, they are repeated.

    The author used the same words as, 'oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Traditionary Version;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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