This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of The White Lady that begins with:

SIR GEOFFREY met the white lady
Upon his marriage morn, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb abdX aefe gcgc bdhd Xeie jkek kcgX hlgl cimX gkkk Xhah mcgc idhd XljX cbfb chdh ffek ilhl cgdg hdiX dffk knjn hdfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010110 010101 010111101 011111 11010110 01001010 11010111 1101010 11010110 110101 110100111 110011 11111001 010111 1101011111 110111 111101010 111101 10111101 111111 110011010 010111 11110101 1011111 01110101 011101 11110001 1001001 11011101 1100101 110010101 1111110 10111111 111111 111101011 1110101 11010101 111101 111110101 111111 11111101 110100 11110101 111101 11110101 111101 111101010 111101 11110101 010101 01110111 110011 11110101 1001011 11010101 111101 11110111 111111 11010101 011111 01101101 010101 11011100 010101 11010111 1101001 10110100 1111001 11110001 111100 110110101 110111 11010101 10110111 010100101 011111 11010101 111111 110110111 011101 11110101 1111011 11011001 110101 11011111 110110 111111010 1110111 11110111 110111 11101100101 110111 11110111 110111 11110100 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 119
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, his, he, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, and, she are repeated.

    The author used the same words sir, 'i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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