This is an analysis of the poem The Staff And Scrip that begins with:
“Who rules these lands?” the Pilgrim said.
“Stranger, Queen Blanchelys.”... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcbdcddeaeaaafaffghgihfbfcbjcjcbXjkjjlglggkfkffkgkXgamammnfnffemommjljlLknknikgkggXbjbbpkpkkafaffanaiidcdXXakakkkckccakAkkanannadAddaeaeoagaggkckcbababbaaaXaqgqggababbalalLacaccrsrssagaggkrkrrmgmggifnffejXjjbabaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 215,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 101100 111110011 011100 1100 01011011 111010 11011101 11101001 1011 11011111 111011 11110010 1111101 1101 11011111 111101 11011111 110111 1101 01110101 110101 11110101 010100 0111 01010111 010101 01011001 101101 1101 01010101 110101 00110101 110101 0101 110111010 010101 11111101 110011 0101 11111111 1111001 01110101 010001 1101 10111111 110111 11011111 110101 1101 11111101 111101 11111011 100011 1001 11111101 111101 01110111 101111 1111 11101011 101011 01111111 1101001 1111 11010111 001111 11111100 110101 1111 11111101 101101 11010101 010101 0111 11101111 010101 11101111 110111 0100 11101101 011101 01010111 110101 1101 11101110 111111 00111111 100101 1101 10011111 110101 11011101 100101 1001 11011101 111101 01010101 110101 0100 11110101 110111 10110111 111100 1100 01010101 100101 11110111 010100 01110 11001101 111101 11110111 010111 1001 110001101 110101 11110111 011011 1101 110011111 111011 101000101 111111 0101 101011101 1111101 10110111 110001 0101 111011111 110111 101000101 100101 0111 101011101 010111 10110111 110001 0100 01010111 010111 11010101 100100 0111 111111001 110111 110010101 111101 1011 01010111 110101 11111111 111101 1001 01110001 111101 11111101 1111100 1111 01010101 111101 11111111 111111 0111 01010001 111101 10111111 110101 1111 11010001 111111 10110011 110101 0111 11110101 110101 11010101 010101 1010 11010001 101111 11011101 101001 0101 11110011 110101 01100101 100101 1101 11110101 111101 10110001 100111 1011 01111111 010101 11111101 110111 0011 11011100 010101 11111111 110111 11011 011101001 010101 11111111 010101 1101 110011101 111111 1010001 100101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 6415
- Average number of words per stanza: 1242
- Amount of lines: 215
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, o, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, she, the, and, o, who are repeated.
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- summary of The Staff And Scrip;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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