This is an analysis of the poem Alfred. Book Vi. that begins with:
ARGUMENT. Consequences of the Battle of Eddington.—The Danes blockaded on Ashdown.—Circumstances attending the Surrender and Conversion of Guthrum,... full text
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,38,14,4,6,12,20,6,9,4,1,4,12,12,16,7,5,18,12,18,16,6,6,18,6,4,24,28,4,8,8,4,12,22,22,44,16,16,7,5,28,20,11,9,10,10,12,14,14,12,46,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 54
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 698
- 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, thy, on, in, his, my, to, that, love, her, your, their, from, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ne'er, on, the, twice, though, again, when, where, all, for, his, such are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Alfred. Book Vi.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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