This is an analysis of the poem Luke Havergal that begins with:
Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal,
There where the vines cling crimson on the wall,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbaaXX CcddceCc EeffceEe XaggaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001011100 1101110101 1001111101 0101010011 1101011111 1110110101 1001011100 1100 1101010101 01010011011 1111011100 0101010101 11010100111 1101110101 1101010101 0101 1001110110 1001110101 1101110001 1110011111 1101110110 1011111101 1001110110 0110 1001011100 1101010101 1101110001 1101001111 1101010111 1110110101 1001011100 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, you, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words out, that, there, nor are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines havergal, skies, this are repeated).
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