This is an analysis of the poem Alfred. Book Iii. that begins with:
ARGUMENT. Measures against the Danes.—Prophecy of the future Fortunes of Alfred and his Posterity.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,22,6,8,20,34,18,8,10,10,12,15,9,10,22,8,46,12,16,10,10,8,1,15,16,20,8,10,16,11,7,46,5,10,13,8,20,10,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 546
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; of, and, his, to, her, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, to, his, each, the, when, wrest, with are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase see connects the lines.
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- summary of Alfred. Book Iii.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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