This is an analysis of the poem Sir Curt's Wedding-Journey that begins with:
WITH a bridegroom's joyous bearing,
Mounts Sir Curt his noble beast,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba bc bX b c cX cd ef e c gc Xh ih i a ga gh jh j f bf bk fkXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00111010 1110101 00101010 1010101 101001010 0010101 10111110 1010101 10101010 10011101 100101010 1010111 11111010 1010101 10100010 1010101 10101110 100010111 00111110 11101110 10101111 1111101 10101001 1010101 11101010 1101001 11111010 1010101 00111111 10101001 10111011 1110101 10101010 1010101 11001010 1010101 11101110 1010100 10111010 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 52
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- 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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word him at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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