This is an analysis of the poem David Of Sasun that begins with:

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Lion-Mher of fabled glory...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcaXdcdX X ecdfdghieXjiddXc X cahdXccdjXkceldjckef X gXdXjcddmadnnleaXcdcijonihaeakpcni a ccqiqXpaXdjXcdoprlqnjlde a rXDXnLcndjoEDNcEGEEDnLjrdDEDInEejEKcqXdeoo X cbacalonXagdsollenfXlnpce X hXDXddnLccdkcEDNtEGEEDnLcrdDEDIXEejEKcfXXlnec X cemddeculXcgrcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,16,1,20,1,34,1,24,1,42,1,25,1,45,1,32,1,32,1,34,1,21,1,31,1,25,1,66,1,16,1,67,1,50,1,14,1,26,1,135,1,28,1,24,1,156,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 50
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 829
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 998
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; his, my, and, we, of, our, him, to, her, some, nor, it, from, up, he, there, you, egypt, king, upward, that, s, gouzpatin, forty, your, with, they, them, let, come, thousand, males, has, what, us, david, who, smoke, rode, days, ha, ho, fight, three, i, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, on, the, that, he, a, what, and, with, forty, this, think, to, mounted, alas, have, you, some, if, in, o, return, be are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines egypt, made, steed, bellyband, lost, you, horses, him, combat, time, pass are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases highlands, you, wives, reins connect the lines.

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