This is an analysis of the poem Ballad Of Lieges that begins with:

Son of our King: When yoemen sailed
From Britain to expand her sway,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcbC ababbcbC XababbcbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 01000101 010011010 01010101 11010111 01111101 011111001 10111111 10110111 11011101 10010101 10010101 10110001 1111111 010101001 10111111 1101100101 010100001 01010101 11111101 10001101 11011101 110111001 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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