This is an analysis of the poem He Mourned His Master that begins with:
INTRODUCTION
The theme is ancient as the hills,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdcefgf c hibXjbdb kbfbXjdj ebbblmlm jbebjbjX bnbnogoX dphpqXqm djdjjaja drdrdsdX Xsdsbbbb ditikbkb dXbmhmcm fcfcbdbd bmkmrtec ududbpnp bidibdbd balabfdd lfbfbibi arXrsXrdXjiji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010 01010101 011101010 11010101 110101010 11110101 110101010 11011101 011111010 010 11010101 011101110 11111100 010101010 11110101 011111110 01010101 111101000 11011001 111111010 11000101 110100110 110111100 110101010 01011111 110100010 01010101 110111110 11111101 110111110 11010111 101111011 01010101 010101010 01111101 01111110 11011101 111101010 10011101 010111110 10110111 111101100 11101101 1100101111 11010101 010101111 01010101 110101010 010100111 01001100 11011101 110111010 11110111 010111110 11010101 110101010 11110101 111111010 11011111 111101010 11110101 110101010 01010001 110101110 01010101 111101110 01011101 110101011 11110111 0101110011 01011001 111101011 11111101 010111000 01010101 111111110 11011101 110101010 11110101 110101110 11010111 110001110 11010101 111111010 11110111 110101110 010010101 110101010 01001101 110111010 11110101 100100100 01110101 111101010 11000111 011101010 11110100 110111010 11110111 010011010 11110001 010101110 11010101 111101010 11010101 010101110 010010101 111101010 11110101 011001110 11010101 1100111010 11010101 111101010 01010101 010100010 11010101 110101010 01010101 110100010 010100101 111001010 01110101 111111010 11011101 010101010 01010101 010101010 11110101 010111010 11011101 110101010 11010101 110101010 00110101 110111010 01110101 110111010 01110101 110101010 11110101 010101010 11010111 010001010 01110101 110101010 11010101 110001110 11011101 110111010 01110101 010101110 11110101 010111010 11111101 111101010 11110111 010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 159
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; we, and, they, he, so, of, his, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, some are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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