This is an analysis of the poem Coeur De Lion that begins with:

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RICHARD the Lion-hearted, crowned serene ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbbbccbddeffe X eaaeeggehhXddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1001010101 0011000011 1001010111 011111101 1001101111 0111011111 0110110101 0110011110 1011110100 00111010101 0011101111 0011110100 10011011011 1001110101 1 1101111101 01010011101 0101101101 11111110101 1101110101 0011011101 1001111111 1100110001 1010110101 001101010101 1101010100 1100010101 1111010111 100010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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