This is an analysis of the poem The King's Hostel that begins with:

Let us make it fit for him!
He will come ere many hours... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbca c addc ac eXX fef ag geae h ggdhd hiibh b daae Xde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,4,2,3,3,2,4,1,5,5,1,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 10111010 11101110 1010111 1010101 1010101 1010101 11101010 11111110 1110101 1101111 1110001 1110111 11111010 11101110 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010011 10110010 11100010 1010111 1010111 1010111 1110111 10001010 11111010 1010101 0011101 1111101 1010001 10111010 11101010 1011101 1110111 1010111 1111101 11110011 10111111 1111101 1111101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, him are repeated).

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  • summary of The King's Hostel;
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