This is an analysis of the poem The King Of The Vasse that begins with:

A LEGEND OF THE BUSH.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeeffgXhhddffbbii jjffggcceehhdd ffkkiiXjjjXfjjffeeffllffmmnnddnX ffccjjhX XffdXcccc ddiiddffbb oocciieeooooccffeeeXll eeddddjjXgd dfXffeeX Xfffp ffccffjj ggiidXqqffffbbppffffeemmppgg ffjjppkkffd dffgghhrrjjc cffmmjj ffbbiicc ppccX ggeeii nnhhee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,14,32,8,9,10,22,11,8,5,8,28,11,12,7,8,5,6,16,8,36,12,8,17,6,14,16,8,10,20,13,12,13,4,12,7,9,45,7,18,4,4,34,14,28,24,10,67,8,36,3,22,6,4,34,10,6,6,14,10,2,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 65
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 896
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, but, their, of, in, his, it, , that, with, he, her, no, one, to, man, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and, of, the, who, their, or, a are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, nine, but 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 ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase five connects the lines.

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