This is an analysis of the poem Piere Vidal Old that begins with:
When I but think upon the great dead days
And turn my mind upon that splendid madness,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdb aebede fgbgXg ghdhXh bgigjg djXgjj ckcXcf dgdldg XjgbXb alkliX aabaX iXfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010111 11110111010 111111 1101010 110101 10111110 0110111101 1101111111 1111110101 11001011001 10111011 111101 1001111111 1101011101 1001011101 1111110111 10111100100 1111011111 0110010111 1101000111 1101010111 1101010111 11001101110 111001101 1111000101 1101010111 1111000101 11010111 0111111111 11011000111 1101110 1011110111 111110111 1011110 1011011101 0101010101 1101010111 1111110111 1101010101 1100111101 1111000101 1101011101 1111110111 1101011101 1111110101 1100111101 0110111101 1111111111 11110110110 11111111 1100101001111 10 01110011111 11110011010 1111010011 1111110111 1111011101 1111110111 1100011101 1101000101 1111110100 111101010010 01110011101 11111101010 111001 110111011101 111111001 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; fled, and, that, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no, such are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase silent connects the lines.
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- summary of Piere Vidal Old;
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