This is an analysis of the poem Don Quixote that begins with:

GAUNT, rueful knight, on raw-boned, shambling hack,
Thy battered morion, shield and rusty spear, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdcXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101111101 1101011101 1101010101 11110100111 1101011101 010101001001 0101010101 11001010110 0101011101 0101110101 0100010101 1111011101 1111011101 11010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; is repeated.

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  • summary of Don Quixote;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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