This is an analysis of the poem Ballad Of The Banished And Returning Count that begins with:

OH, enter old minstrel, thou time-honour'd one!
We children are here in the hall all alone,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa ba bc cc c dd ed ea cX C ff ff fX cX C dd fd fd cX C gg hg Xib cX C ii ci cg cX C bb jb jX ch C bb bb kl cX X aX ka kl cX X aa ga gg cX C aX jX jf cXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,3,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110110111001 11011001101 01011001 11001011001 001011011 11101001101 11011101 11101001001 11011001 101111001011 01011011011 11111001 11001001101 101101111 101001011001 11101001 010001110110 01011001 11011001011 01011001001 01011001 11111010101 11011001 101011001110 101101011 010010011011 01011001 101011011111 01001101001 01011011 01011011011 01101001 110110011101 11011001 110010110110 01011001 101101011001 11001111111 11101001 11001001001 11101011110 11110111101 1 01011001 1000111011111 01011001 101110110101 111001011001 001011111 01111001101 11001011 111011010101 111101011 110111110110 01011001 11001001011 010001011001 01111001 101011111011 11111001 00101100110100 01001101 11001001001 01011001 01011001011 11011001101 01111001 11001011011 010010110 101001111001 01011111 111010110110 01011010 01111101011 01001101111 0110010010 101001001110 111010110 11001101001 101001101 010111010011 01011010 1001001011101 001001111011 11011001 01011011101 1111110 01001111011 11011101 010110011110 01011001 11111010001 1010010011010 101111001 011010110010 01111001 101011111110 11101101 1010111110010 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, what, his, and, it, she, ', with, hath are repeated.

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

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

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