This is an analysis of the poem Sir Lancelot Du Lake that begins with:
When Arthur first in court began,
And was approved king,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd XeXe fdgX dXXe hieX jXXX dceX Xaga khlX hlbl fXeX Xmem edXX XXXX jXgl amgm cheh eaXa ihdh Xjej eleX jXkX fieX XfhX Xjgj flhX jXab hhXh XalcXjaia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 11011 110111001 110101 10010111 0100110 11010101 1000110 11011100 1000101 01110110 110101 11110101 11011 110111001 110010 11110101 011111 11111110 0101001 1110101 110101 11100101 1001101 111111001 1111110 11111111 1111110 10010111 110011 10111111 1110110 110101010 111111 110011101 110101 11010101 111101 10110110 100101 11100101 110001 10010101 110101 11110101 110111 11010111 100111 11111100 1111110 11111111 1111010 11110111 1111110 11011110 0100110 11000101 11010 11111101 110010 110111001 101111 111101011 111101 111101101 1111010 11011011 10011010 11011100 010101 0101101111 110101 11001111 111111 0101110 110101 11001111 111101 110111001 110111 110111110 1111011 11110111 110101 11011101 111011 10010101 110101 101111001 100101 11011101 111011 11010101 111101 11010101 1111110 11111110 1110101 11010101 111010 110101111 111101 10111111 011111 11010101 110111 10111001 11111 11010101 11011010 10111111 1101010 01100101 100101 111011100 110101 01110110 110111 11110101 110101 11110101 111111 01010111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 124
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, he, ', i, to, their, thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they, he are repeated.
The author used the same words they, 'and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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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