This is an analysis of the poem When The King Came To His Tower that begins with:

When the King came to his tower
the fair one came to him and said-O King...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab ccc abXX a ddeef X dfXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,1,5,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10110010 0111011111 10010110011111001 101111010101001 01001111110111 01010101001010 010101010100 010010111010110 1011010101 011100010 01011001111001 1010110010100101 11111110101001 1101010111010101 111100111111 1011010100111010 011110010011 1101110101 111010011101 10101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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