This is an analysis of the poem When Ida Puts Her Armor On that begins with:

When Ida puts her armor on
And draws her trusty blade... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbXdXd Aedefcec agdghidi Ajfjjhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 01000111 010101 01010101 110101 11010101 010111 11010101 011101 01010110 010101 11010101 010111 11011101 0100001 11010101 011001 11010111 010101 11010001 0101110 1101001 1100110 11010101 101101 01000101 010101 11101101 100101 11011101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, she, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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