This is an analysis of the poem Saint George Of England that begins with:
Saint George he was a fighting man, as all the tales do tell;
He fought a battle long ago, and fought it wondrous well....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdbBd bbbbbbdbBdXaabbccdbbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,21,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110101110111 11010101110101 001010101001101 111010100010001 11011111111111 101011100010001 1110101011111 11101010 0101010 111010101010111 11110101110101 101010111110101 01010101110111 111010100010001 01010101110101 111110101111101 11011101110111 1101010 0101010 101010101010111 11110101111101 11010101110101 11110101010111 111010100010001 11100101110101 11010101010101 01010111010111 10101010 0101010 111010101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 561
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, his, england, there, to, he's are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The author used the same word saint at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines england is repeated).
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