This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of Mabel Clare that begins with:

Ye children of the Land of Gold,
I sing a song to you,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXcbcefef cgcgfcfc fafahbhb fcfXeded Xdedicic cgcgjhjh kjkjjhjd XaXajjjj ccccjcjX lblbebeb fafaajaj cXceXcdc fXfagcgX ababXgXg XcmXeded mdadaXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 110101 10011111 0101001 10011111 110101 11010101 110101 11011101 110111 11010111 010101 01010011 110101 11110111 110101 11000101 01011 11111011 010101 01110101 011101 01010101 110101 01010101 010111 11010001 110101 11011101 111101 11010101 110101 01010101 1000101 11010100 110111 11111001 010001 01010101 011111 11010100 010101 11000101 110001 11111111 110101 10010101 110101 11000101 010101 010101001 0100101 11111101 010001 11110101 111101 11010111 110101 01001101 110111 01110101 111110 01111111 110000 1111110 111111 1111110 111111 11000101 011111 11010101 110101 11111101 111101 11111111 010101 11010101 110111 01011111 110100 11111101 1110111 11010001 110101 11011101 010101 11011101 110111 11011101 010111 01110101 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 110001 11110101 01110 11110101 110101 11111111 111111 10100101 010101 11010101 010111 11111101 111101 01100111 010001 11110101 010010 01111111 111111 01001101 110101 11111111 111111 11011111 110111 01111111 010111 11110111 110100 11110101 110101 11010101 110001 11011111 010101 01110101 010101 11110101 010100 1011101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, her, she, to, and, he, oh, say, no, more, i, fly, with, me, they, you, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, his, and, oh, i, to, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words a, and, oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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