This is an analysis of the poem The Coronation Of Inez De Castro that begins with:

There was music on the midnight;
From a royal fane it roll'd,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede aaXababa fghgbibi cchcjaja Xkikbbbb Xibilflf Xkhmamabab fjajdchc acbcflflil nefebobo akjkcdcd hcXcgagXna
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,10,8,10,8,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101011 0010101 101011101 101101 111100001 0101001 101010101 010101 111001011 010101 1110010100 0101001 11010111 1010101 11110111 0010101 11011100 0010001 1010010100 1101001 10010101 0010101 110111101 1011001 10111010 1101001 01011100 1010101 010011101 0100101 10110101 111101 10101010 1100101 1010100101 1110101 11011101 10101001 111110101 010001 11011100 101101 11110111 101101 11010111 010101 10010101 110111 111 1 010 100101 011100111 011111 01011101 010111 0100110101 110101 10101010 100111 11110001 101111 11000101 100101 101101100 000101 1101111 110110 010010111 100101 1101001001 0010111 0101011001 111 1 01 0101010 010001 101011111 010101 01111101 100101 11010101 100101 10101011 0100111 1010101010 010101 1010110101 110101 110010101 001101 1100110 110101 1011100101 11100101 11110101 111101 11111111 100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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