This is an analysis of the poem The King's Image that begins with:

Of iron were his arms; they could have held
The need of half the kingdom up; and in... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXacd bbX XcXXdXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100011111 0101010110 0101010111 1101011101 1001010110 0101011111 1101110101 0101110101 0100011101 11010100010 0101010101 0101000101 1001110111 0101010011 1101111100 1111010111 10010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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; of, his, clay, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The King's Image;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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