This is an analysis of the poem Alfred. Book Iv. that begins with:
ARGUMENT. Success of Oddune, Earl of Devon, against a new Danish Armament from Ireland.—Irish join Oddune.—Measures of Alfred to profit from the turn... full text
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,6,8,24,24,28,4,8,14,4,6,10,8,8,22,4,20,1,5,10,35,4,9,14,8,34,16,24,18,4,13,9,4,10,4,6,8,20,2,14,14,20,8,19,10,16,18,30,15,6,17,3,8,8,8,8,12,6,8,19,16,9,20,12,18,51,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 68
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 573
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 862
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, from, our, with, his, in, to, their, her, or, my, they, this, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, saw, each, freedom, what, 'this, or, now, the, as, soon, donald are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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 gold connects the lines.
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- summary of Alfred. Book Iv.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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