This is an analysis of the poem The Knight's Return that begins with:
The conq'rin' 'ero! Me? Yes, I don't think.
This mornin' when I catch the train fer 'ome,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbb cdcdeee fafXeeX ghghiiX jajakkX kXklkkk hXhfllX memeggX XagallX nnnXaaX mnmnaaa ofofmmm XkekfXf hphpXXg XcXceee XkiXlllXbnbnmmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101011111 0101110111 01110100111 0100011101 0101010101 101101 1111 1111100111 10010100010 1101011001 00111111010 1101110101 110101 0101 1001010111 1111100101 0101110101 1110111111 1111110101 110001 00100 1101111101 111101011 1101111111 111101001 1111111101 011101 1011 1011101111 1011011111 1011101101 1111011101 1011101101 110101 1111 11010100110 11011100100 1111111111 1111011101 01110010101 010101 0101 1111110101 1111111101 0101110111 1110011101 1111111101 111111 1111 1111011101 1101010101 0111110101 11011100111 0101111101 111101 1101 1111010111 1101000101 1110111110 1101111111 11110111111 111111 1111 1011101111 0101011101 0101010111 1101111111 1111111111 110111 1111 1111110111 1111011101 1111010111 01101111001 1111100111 100101 1111 1101111111 0101110111 0111011101 0111010101 1101111101 110111 1111 1111010101 1111111010 1101110101 1101111101 1111011111 111111 1111 11110111111 1110110101 1111110101 1101110111 11010100111 111110 1101 11111110010 1101111101 1111010110 1101110101 0101011101 110111 0111 110111111 1111111110 1101011111 0101010011 1101011101 110001 1101 1011010101 1011011101 1101011101 0111111001 1111111101 110101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 119
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, in, ', an', yeh, all, wrong, so, 'e, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'yer, but, the, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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