This is an analysis of the poem Guinevere that begins with:

Of Guinevere from Arthur separate,
And separate from Launcelot and the world,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddeeabfabbXcdagh gahaacbijcagekf gXklamlibjXfedaadahadfiXffenX meme ceme meme fXXnan
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,15,29,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100010101 11010101101 1100010001 1111010101 11111010111 0101011101 0101010111 1111111101 1100010111 0101010100 0101111111 1001010111 0101011101 1111001001 1101010101 0101010100 0111001101 1101010111 0101011101 0111111100 0101010101 1110010101 1101011101 1001010101 1101010111 1100010111 01110100101 1110011011 1111000101 0100011101 1101010101 111101101 0111010100 01 11011101 0101011110 0100110001 0101010101 01011100101 1101011100 1101010111 010111111 0101110101 11010111 11001101101 1100110110 1110110111 0011010001 0001001111 1101001111 1111111111 11010101 1101111101 01110101 0101101111 1101010101 11111101 11 1100111101 1111111111 1101111101 1111011101 11110011 100111001110 011110101101 110011111010 110101 100111101110 01110110101 011011011011010 11010 1111011100010 110111011010 1111011110010 100101 1001 1001011100 0101011100 11110010101 1101010111 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 474
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, her, when, as, for are repeated.

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

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

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