Who Would True Valour See by John Bunyan: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Who Would True Valour See that begins with:

Who would true Valour see
Let him come hither; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccD eXeXcccDXececaaaD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 11110 110100 11110 110100 111101 010101 00010 110111 01010 110101 01010 110111 10011 110101 00010 100111 11010 111101 11010 110101 111111 111111 00010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come is repeated.

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

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

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

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