This is an analysis of the poem Episode 39 that begins with:

IT was heavy hap for that hero young
on his lord beloved to look and find him...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXefgacfhijakledhXcccXXmefcclmccfgcglmfXccgcgmfkhbgXXclcijXgacmciXgeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111101 10101001111 10110111 100110101 101101001 1101110010 101010101 11001011001 111011010 11100111001 11010111 110100101 1111001001 10010101 1010100101 100111101 1101111011 11011001010 0100100101 0110110111 010010101 100101011 010111101 110011101 00101 01100 1010010111 100101010 100101001 0010101101 101111110 100110111 1111101011 101010100 01101010001 111100111 1110011110010 1100001101 1001111001 0100110001 110101001 00111111001 10101010 101111101 101011101 1010111101 1010010111 11111101 011111111 1010001001 110111101 10111011010 111110101 111101001101 10011010010 111111101 10010111 0100111011 1110101111 100101111 01101101011 11011010110 100111010 0101011011 1101011001 10011101 11110111 100100111 11111110 10101101 0100111010 110011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2884
  • Average number of words per stanza: 537
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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, and, their are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Episode 39;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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