This is an analysis of the poem His Wines, Feasts And Funs that begins with:

His wines, feasts and funs are forgotten,
His sword and his armour are left,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bbbX cccd ccdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011111010 01101011 110010010 0100101 00110101 01101001 11011001 10101111 01110010 11101101 11111010 01011111 111011111 00110111 101110110 00101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.

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