This is an analysis of the poem Episode 32 that begins with:

THAT way he went with no will of his own,
in danger of life, to the dragon's hoard,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXacdXebXfgheiaabcXXbgbjcebkgbhabljmkkacfcnXfcmhbXcnjbehnbobbbXgbbabeabblbibbapbdpebifodb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 91,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111010001 0100100101 11100101101 11010101 10100101 110010101 1001111011 10101001010 011111101 110101101 010111101 1110101 1110100100 10100101 100111001 10101101 110111101 10101001 10011101 100100101 11010010110 01111110 110101011 1101001011 1110101 110011111 1011111011 11111101 111011011 110101101 1001101001 11110101 101010101 1011111 1010111001 1100101001 11101100101 1110110101 1010010101 10110011 11101010 110101101 111101011 11011101 100101011 01001111100 100111101 011011101 111111111 1000010101 1111101 11011101010 101101011 100100101 11110101 10011101 01101011111 1000100101 10100101 110101101 1001001010 110110101 11011010110 1111001110 110110101 1111100111 10100111110 1001110111 110111111 00101101001 1101001001 1011101011 01001011001 10011101001 011111101 10110010110 10111101 1001111010 110110010110 10110101 11101011010 0101010010 10101101 1001101010 11010101 101111111 1011110111 101011101 1001010010 110011101 00101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3673
  • Average number of words per stanza: 676
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, no are repeated.

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  • summary of Episode 32;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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