This is an analysis of the poem Coeur De Lion At The Bier Of His Father that begins with:
Torches were blazing clear,
Hymns pealing deep and slow,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcD Dadaebeb fgfghfhf chchgigi jajabhbh kfkflXlX hmhmjmjm lnlnalXl ohohgfgf mfmffkfX clclhfhf hmhmlmlX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 110111 101110101 0010100 100101011 1100101 11111111 1010101 1010101 011101 111110101 1011101 10110101 010001 01110101 110101 010111 1100111 101011111 1110101 11000111 1010001 0010110111 1010101 1110101 1011101 1011010101 0010101 101011101 11011 0101101010 0011101 110101 110111 101110111 1110101 111100101 1111001 101010111 0110101 110011 0010001 111010101 111101 101111111 111101 10111101001 11101111 110101 110101 01010111 110111 11110101 1010101 11011111 101101 110001 010111 10110101 110111 01110111 010101 111101110 011111 101101 110111 11111101 111101 11100111 1111001 11011111 011101 110111 111101 11010111 111011 11111111 110111 11110001 0111100 110101 1101101 11110101 0101001 11111111 010101 11000111 111111 111101 111100 01110111 111101 1101011 1101111 10111101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, his, me, so, thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, on are repeated.
The author used the same word 'thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines death is repeated).
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