This is an analysis of the poem The Hour Of The King that begins with:

WHO would think this quiet breather
From the world had taken flight? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dede efef ghgh XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 0011101 10101111 1010101 10101010 1110101 11101010 1000101 10101010 1010101 11111010 1110101 001001010 0010101 10111010 1001001 11101010 1011111 10101110 0010101 10101100 1001101 10101010 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; he is repeated.

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  • summary of The Hour Of The King;
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