This is an analysis of the poem Ballad Of Earl Haldan's Daughter that begins with:
It was Earl Haldan's daughter,
She looked across the sea;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabcbDX AeXededX cbcbXXDX aeaeXbdX X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111010 110101 1101010 111111 1101100 101101 1110111101 110101 0111010 110101 1110100111 110001 0101010 010101 1110111101 110111 1101100 110101 1111010 010111 1111010 110101 1110111101 111101 1100010 110111 1111010 110101 1111110 010101 1110111101 110110 0111 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, his, i, he are repeated.
The author used the same word it 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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