This is an analysis of the poem Glasgerion that begins with:
Glasgerion was a kings owne sonne,
And a harper he was goode;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXX XXcX XXXX dXXX XefX XddD XadX dagX baXa cafa dbXX XXeX bXXa cXga cXeX XXXa XXfa dhXX XaXX XXXd bXXX XddD edeX bhbhXeaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010111 1010111 1100110 111101 110100110 11011 111001010 1110111 1111100 0110111 1010011111 10111100 111111 111101 111111011 1111110 1101101100 111111 1110110110 1110101 111100 011111 11110111 110101 101010010 110111 11010111 1001110 11010111 1111101 110101101 10001010 11111101 111101 010110101 110100 1111001010 110101 010110010 111111 10110101 010101 11110101 010111 10111101 111111 1111001 110111 11111101 1010111 110100101 1110101 10011110 0111110 01011101 1101001 111101110 1101111 111110010 111111 1110100 101111 110100101 1110101 1111001010 110101 0101111010 111111 11011101 110011 11101110 0110110 10010111 111111 111100110 10111110 110111010 11011 111101010 11101 1011101101 011101 11011110 0100010 111100 110111 101110111 110101 11110101 111101 1011110101 11111 11110111 110101 111111011 10011 11011101 0100101 1010001101 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, my, master, he, awake, have, i, killed, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word he 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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