This is an analysis of the poem The Brus Book Vii that begins with:

[The king escapes from the hound]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,52,1,26,2,154,3,148,1,114,1,34,2,114,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 330
  • Amount of lines: 654
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, wald, thai, i, king, with, ', had, him, his, said, how, thaim, sum, that, be, till, thar, in, we, hyr are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that, sum, he, for, valence, with 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lorn, king, ' are repeated).

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