This is an analysis of the poem The Vicar Of Bray that begins with:
In good King Charles's golden days,
When loyalty no harm meant;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXbcbcDEdE ddddbdbdDEDE XfdfgfgfDEDE dhdhfdadDEDE XeiecjXjDEDE jdidhjXjDEDE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110101 1100111 010011111 1111100 10111101 1111010 11111101 1101010 10011001 1011011 11010111 10010011 11010101 11001010 01011101 1101010 01011111 1111010 11100100 1101010 10011001 1011011 110111 10010011 110101001 0101010 11010101 1101010 11001001 1101010 100100001 0101010 10011001 1011011 110111 10010011 110010111 0101010 01010111 1101010 01000101 1111010 11010101 0101010 10011001 1011011 110111 10010011 110101110 11001111 11001111 1101011 11100101 0111010 1111001100 0110010 10011001 1011011 110111 10010011 0010010100 1100010 01110001 1111010 10111100 1101010 1110110 0101110 10011001 1011011 110111 10010011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word sir at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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