This is an analysis of the poem When I Was King that begins with:
The second time I lived on earth
Was several hundred years ago;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdcececfcf Xfcfcgcg ehehidid cbcbgigi eeeecfcf ijijdjdj ebebejej ikikejej cdcdejej dcdceleg dedekmkm dedeemem ndndfjfj hghlgjgj jcjcdcdc omomlfgX cicigjgj fgflajaj ededgjgj fefeemem dfdfghlh didihjhjbhbhpdpd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011111 110010001 11011101 11111111 11011101 11010111 11011111 11111101 10010101 11011101 11011101 11111101 11011111 11010101 111110101 11010101 11010100 11010111 11110100 11010101 11010111 01110101 110100101 11011110 11010001 11011101 11010101 10010101 11001101 11010101 11001111 11001101 111011101 11011101 11011101 11110101 01011101 01111101 10111101 11011001 11100101 01010111 11110111 010001110 11111101 11111101 01010101 11010101 10101111 11010011 01010101 11010011 11010111 11011111 11111101 01011101 11011101 11011001 10010101 01111111 11010111 11011101 10011001 11011111 11010101 11010111 11010011 11110011 11111111 11010101 11110001 11110001 11111111 00101111 11110101 11111101 11011101 011100001 11011001 01011001 11010101 01111101 111100101 11110101 11110111 01010100 11111111 110111101 11110111 11000101 111110011 11111110 11010111 01011101 11010111 01010101 01010101 11110101 11110101 111111101 10110111 01010111 10110101 11110111 111010101 01111111 111010101 110100101 01110111 11111101 11011111 11011001 11001111 01011101 11011101 10001100 110001111 11110100 10011111 11011001 111110111 11010011 11110101 111101010 10111111 11010111 111110101 01010011 01110101 01101001 01010101 11010101 11111100 11110101 01110101 11010100 1110101010 11011101 1110111010 11110001 11010111 11011111 11111111 01111101 11110111 11111111 11110111 11011100 11111111 11011111 11111111 01111111 11111101 01011101 01110101 11011101 11110101 11110101 11011111 11111001 11010101 10010101 11010101 01111101 11011101 01010101 11011101 11111111 11110110 01010101 11110011 11010111 11111101 11011001 11010100 01110101 11010101 01010101 01011101 010001001 01010101 11110101 01010001 01110001 11011101 01010101 11011101 01010001 10010001 11111111 11101111 01111101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 193
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, and, my, to, them, you, king, be, no, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, my, a, the, they are repeated.
The author used the same words i, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word king at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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