This is an analysis of the poem Aneurin's Harp that begins with:

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Prince of Bards was old Aneurin;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xbcbdede X ceceXfXf X ececfgfg X hchcdidi a dadajhjh a ikXkdidi X ciXidgdg X lflfcici X lelelele m nonoXcXc a ipipncnc X ncncidid X dmdmdada X fmfmqmqm X cicibibi X dndnXknk X dedefrfr X ninibnbn X XdddcgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10111100 1011001 101011100 1011101 101001010 1000101 10111010 1110101 1 10101010 1011101 11101111 1010001 10101110 1010101 11100010 1010101 1 10101011 1110101 10101011 1010101 11101110 1010101 10101010 0011101 1 10001111 1000101 11111111 1111101 11101010 1111111 11111110 1011101 1 111011100 1010111 101010100 1010111 10101010 1010101 10001010 1000111 1 11101110 1110011 1001011000 1010111 11110010 1111101 10111010 1111101 1 11111110 1110101 10101100 1011101 10111010 10010001 11101010 1010111 1 11111010 1011101 10101010 1110101 10110010 1011101 11101010 1111101 1 101010100 1110111 101010100 1111101 10111010 1111101 11111110 1011111 1 11101010 1011111 11101110 1011101 11111010 10010101 10111010 1000101 1 11111110 1111001 11101010 1111001 10101010 10010101 10110010 10011111 1 11001110 1110111 11101110 11101011 101011110 10100111 100101110 1010101 1 100101010 1011101 100101110 1011111 10101010 1010101 11101010 1010001 1 10101010 1110101 10111010 1001101 01101010 0110101 11101110 1100111 1 11111010 1101001 11101010 1010101 10101010 1011001 11111010 00100101 1 10001110 11111010 11111010 10001010 10111110 1010101 10101010 1010111 1 11101010 1010101 10100010 1010101 10001010 1011101 11111110 101100101 1 11101010 1011101 10010010 1010101 101110010 10101010 10111010 10101010 1 111011000 1010001 11111010 10000101 100111110 1110101 10111000 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 171
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, them, nor are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases sorrow, thick connect the lines.

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