This is an analysis of the poem The Spartan Boy that begins with:

When I the memory repeat
Of the heroic actions great,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccX ddcceeccffaagghhiiee XXcceehhcciiddddjjhhkkeegg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,20,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 00010101 10010111 01111111 01011111 11010101 01010101 100101000 1010111 01001001 1010101 1010111 0001110 010110001 101011111 11100111 11010101 10011011 10010101 01010101 11110101 1010101 0010101 1111111 00111010 11101010 10100101 11110101 110101010 100111110 11011101 01010100 11011101 110010001 10010111 1110101 10010111 10001001 1110101 1010100 11010101 1100101 1010101 1110101 10101110 11001010 0110100 1011101 0010101 1011101 1110101 1111101 1011101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; in, no are repeated.

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