This is an analysis of the poem Morgan Le Fay that begins with:

I will put by my violent days, and the ill deeds that I have wrought,
All wayward sins of a wild heart, all empty joys I sought,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabB cccc aadd eebB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10111100110111111 11010011110111 1001010110101 1011101101001001 011101100101001 111100101101100 1010010110111111 11111010101 111111111011 1111101101111101 01001101010111 00111011101101 111010110111101101 001010010011111 1111010110101 1011101101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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