This is an analysis of the poem How Salvator Won that begins with:

The gate was thrown open, I rode out alone,
More proud than a monarch who sits on a throne.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aacc ddeeffbbgg ccXgaahhiijjccbbaaccbbkk ggaallhhccmmnnccaaooaaiimmffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,10,24,30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01111011101 11101111101 11101011011 11001011111 101111011101 0110110111101 11101011011 111011001101 101101001011 111101011001 01101011001 101011011101 1111011111110 110010111010 11011101101 11001001001 101001001011 11001011111 11001011001 11011101011 11101101101 101001111001 101001011011 11111011001 11001111011 101101001010 111011111010 111110010010 11111001011 11001101011 11111011111 11111001101 11111111111 11011011001 111001011001 11011001101 010100011011 11011111101 01001001011 01001011111 1110110111001 011101000011 11011001011 101101111001 01101001011 101101001001 11101101001 101101111001 11010011101 11011011001 110110110110 111111010010 01111011111 11111111101 11001001011 101011011001 101001101001 11011011011 11101101111 11111101101 111001101101 11001001001 11101011111 101001001001 111101101001 11001101101 101001001101 11001001001 111000101110 111011001101 101011001101 11001001101 10001110101 1111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 723
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, him, and, my, salvator are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, he are repeated.

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