This is an analysis of the poem Lord Thomas And Fair Ellinor that begins with:
Lord Thomas he was a bold forrester,
And a chaser of the kings deere;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbX XbXX cbdX XeXe adXX XXdX XbXX XbdX aXdX abbX fdXb XbbX XgaX XXdf XbXX XgXX ehch XfXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101100 10100011 110010110 11101101 11011011011 1101111 1011101100 11011100 1111111011 11001111 1111111110 01101110 11010101100 1101101 1101101100 111001 11110110010 111101 1111111100 0111010 11011011011 11011101 1110110110 11011011 110111011 1101101 110100111 110100110 11011011011 1100101 101111010010 110110110 1111111010 110111 111111110 011001011 11001010010 1011101 111111001 1100011 1111011001 111101 111111110 0111000 1011011001 10111001 1101111010 11011010 100111011 1001101 1101111010 110110 011101010 111111 101011101 1111001 1111011011 10111001 11001011010 1100111 111111011 11111011 111111111 110111 1101101101 1110101 1110110010 1100101 11010101 1010101 11011001001 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; riddle, newes, ', to, her, and, thou, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'what, and, 'despise are repeated.
The author used the same words and, 'o 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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