This is an analysis of the poem Wilson that begins with:

The lowliest born of all the land,
He wrung from Fate's reluctant hand... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddbeeb bbfddf eecggc hhijji kklXal ccmXdm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 110100101 011100111 11010101 01010011 11010101 11010100 01010101 010111100 10111111 01010111 10110100 101110101 11010101 010101001 100010111 01011111 01010101 11010111 01010101 11111101 00010111 010101001 110010101 01010001 11010101 01011101 01011100 11011101 11010001 01010011 11010111 11111101 101111010 11011111 01011101 11111111 110111001 111110111 11100111 111000111 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, he, how are repeated.

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

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