This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Elf that begins with:
Blue-eyed was Elf the minstrel,
With womanish hair and ring,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc debX dXbX XeAe Acdc eafXfa XXbbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111010 0100111 11010111 110101 111101001 011111 01011101 1011001 111010011 110001 11100110 00101100 11010011 1011101 10111110 1011100 01010100 1110011 111010100 1010101 111010100 1010111 101110101 1100101 101101010 110111 010101101 101010101 110111001 0100101 111011001 1011001 01110100 010100001 101100101 1101100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Song Of Elf;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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