This is an analysis of the poem The Glove And The Lions that begins with:

King Francis was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport,
And one day as his lions fought, sat looking on the court;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeXX ffgghh bbiiaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101110101 11110101110101 01010101010011 11010101011111 11010101011101 1011101011010101 1011010010101 11111111011011 0100111011111010 1101011110010010 01010101110101 11011010011011100 010110001010101 01011111111101 1101110011110 11011101010101 110101110010001 11110101110001 11010101111111 11100101010101 01110111110101 11011101100101 10101101001001110111 1010011101001101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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