This is an analysis of the poem The Pelagian Drinking Song that begins with:

Pelagius lived at Kardanoel
And taught a doctrine there...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXa ccddddEEd XfafXgbg hihIEEI ggXgjbjbXggeiieEEe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,8,7,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011100 110101 11011010101 011101 01100100111 111101 111001 01011 111101 0101 00101 111101001 01111 1101 11101001 110100110 100101 111111001 1111001 100101001 1100111 010011111 110101 1110111101 01111010 1110010111 1101010 01111 1101 1101010 1010110101 0100101 101001111001 1100101 111100101 111111 111001001001 111101 1101 101001 1101001 1101 11001 10100101 01111 1101 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and are repeated.

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