The Baffled Knight, Or Lady's Policy by Anonymous Olde English: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Baffled Knight, Or Lady's Policy that begins with:

There was a knight was drunk with wine,
A riding along the way, sir;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaB cdcX XbXX efeX gBgX hdhX ibiX ibib fdfd ebeX edaX cdcd jbjb fdfX gkgk lgXX ekXX fXfX eeee gkgX fdfX aeXX lhlX mdXd XgkX ndnX Xgeg gkgX fbfX oooX gjgX Xele abab oijX gdgd idid eeXX oXje XkXX XpXp nbnX qdqX ebek mkmXXmkmk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 01001011 111100101 0101011 11111101 0101110 11010101 0100111 10011001 0111011 1111111 11110011 11010101 0101110 11011111 1111111 11011111 0101011 100101101 1111011 101101101 0101010 11001111 1001011 110101101 1101111 11110101 11110011 1100110111 1010111 111100101 11001011 001011011 1101010 11010101 1101010 100101001 1101111 110110111 01111011 10010101 11001010 1101111001 1001011 11010001 11001010 110100101 1001110 11101101 1111011 01010111 11011011 110101101 1101010 1111111 1111111 011100101 0111110 110101101 11100010 11011101 1111011 0101111 1100101 0101101 1101010 11111100 0001010 10010101 010110 111110101 111110 11010101 1100010 11110101 1101010 11001111 1011010 01001011 1101010 11110101 1101010 01010101 1111111 10111110 0101110 11011110 1111010 11111101 1111010 10010111 1101010 110100101 1101010 011100101 1101010 11011011 1111111 111101010 11011011 11110111 0011010 11111111 10101111 110101011 11010111 101100101 1101011 11110101 1101010 11010101 01101100 11011111 11011111 11111111 1111011 11110101 1101010 11010101 11111100 11010111 1110110 11110111 11101010 0111111 1101110 11110111 1101010 100110111 1111111 111110101 01011111 11011101 11101010 110111111 11001010 11010111 1001010 110010111 1111010 110010111 1111110 111100101 1101110 11010101 1101010 11011110 11111010 11100101 11001110 010101001 1101010 11110111 1110010 01011101 11011110 11010011 1001010 11010111 1111110 11010101 1111011 11010101 1111111 11111101 11010010 01111101 1101011 11010101 11011011 11111101 01011100 10011101 11011010 110100101 11111100 11111101 11111010 01110101 110001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 45
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 180
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; her, his, he, you, i, me, in, sir are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'a, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words ', a at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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