This is an analysis of the poem A Mighty Hunter Before The Lord that begins with:

When the last of my hunts is over and done,
And I go to my rest with the sinking sun,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa bbabba ccaXXa dddeed aafggf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101011 11101100101 11111010 011101011 10001101101 011111110 111110101 10101010101 111111110 1110101001 10011101001 101111110 0111101101 1111100111 001101010 1110101111 1110111111 11001010 00100111101 1101110101 111001110 11111001001 011110111 01001110 11101001011 1011101011 111101010 111100111 110100111 101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, that are repeated.

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

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