This is an analysis of the poem The Vision Of The Holy Grail that begins with:

_Deere Chryste, let not the cheere of earth,
To fill our hearts with heedless mirth... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbXcb ddefXe eeghhX hhdfXd iihXXX ddeffe jjdffX hhdggX ddXhhX cXfiiX ddekke llchhc bbfllf ddfeef aAdggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 01110101 010101 111011001 11111111 111101 11011101 01111111 110111 11111001 1111010 010101 111001101 11111111 110111 11010101 01111101 110100 11110101 10010111 110111 11111111 0101010 111101 11111110 11111101 110101 111101110 01010001 1101110 11010101 11011101 111111 11100101 11111110 010001 11110111 11100101 010101 11111101 10110001 110111 01000101 10010101 110101 01010101 11011111 011101 01110111 11001101 110111 01000101 01010101 110001 110111111 11010111 111111 11110101 111001001 110101 11110101 11110101 1100101 01011101 11010101 010101 10010101 01001101 110101 111100101 01010101 010101 110101001 10010101 110101 01011111 10011101 111111 11011101 11011101 1101001 111001101 01000101 100101 11110101 01110101 001101 11011011 11011111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, i, he, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'come, forgot are repeated.

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

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