This is an analysis of the poem Robin Hood, An Outlaw. that begins with:

Robin Hood is an outlaw bold
Under the greenwood tree;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb daca daXa daea fgfX hbaX giei daha bjXj Xbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 100111 1111101 011111 11011101 111101 11011101 110101 1010001 1101001 10110111 110101 11010101 111111 01011111 110101 01010101 1100101 110011101 011001 1110011101 110001 1111101101 011100 01111101 110011 11010111 110100 11011101 110101 11010111 110101 11011111 111110 11111101 1101110 11111100 101101 11111101 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; they, him are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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