This is an analysis of the poem The Barbarous Chief that begins with:

There was a kingdom known as the Mind,
A kingdom vast as fair,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbacac dedecfgf XhcXXigi iiiiXaha Xadadfcfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101101 010111 1011110101 010101 11101001001 11001110 10101011 10101010 101010111 01001010 110001101001 110110010 1100111101 1101001 111011001011 10001001 1110100111 11101001 11101111011 11010110 11001101011 1100101 10100110101 101101 111100111 00100101 10100101111 11011001 11101100101 1010101 101001001010 0010111 0101001001 1010111 1010100111 011111 01010001001 10101111 11100100101 011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; he, and are repeated.

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

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