This is an analysis of the poem The Grand Question Debated: Whether Hamilton’s Bawn Should Be Turned Into A Barrack Or Malt-House that begins with:
Thus spoke to my lady the knight full of care,
'Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXeeaabbeeeefXfffXgghheeaaXXffhXeeffffbbbbbbhhhhffXfddffiieebbjjkkXXXXXXXcXXXXbbllffXXddbbhhbbeeXcffmmaaffeXbbddnnaaXfXXXjoobbffmmhXeekkhhffbbbboXeellddggeemmnnggbnnnffeXdXiXXebbhhhhnX bbaabbaammbbjjeecXmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 190,20,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11011001101 111101001001 01001101011 11101111101 110010000110 1010111111010 11101110011 111010010011 1110111111 101001111001 01001011101 11001111001 001011011101 1101111111 1110111110 01111011001 1111010011001 011010010111 0110010010110 111110011011 01011111111 11011111010 11001010001 110111111100 11001101011 11101001011 01011011001 101001011011 01011011011 01101111101 10101101011 0100101111 11111001001 101011001101 11101001101 01111011011 11001101011 11011001011 11011011001 01001001001 11011001111 1110111001 11101001001 11011011001 11001011001 1100101101 11011111010 111111001011 1111111101 11101111111 11010111111 11011111111 11011101001 11101001011 11011101111 111001011111 01101011110 111110111111 11011001101 01011111001 11011101101 11011111001 110100001011 11000111101 10011010011 11101111011 11001001001 11001101001 00001110110 1110101000110 11111111001 11011011011 11011110010 1011011010010 1111101111100 11111010110 11001011111 1110111101 110110111110 11001110110 11001011010 1110111111 1111111111 1110010010110 11001011011 111011011011 1100101001 10100101011 11001111001 01001011001 11101010010 100100110110 11101011011 11011001001 11111101001 001101111001 101011001011 01001101101 1110111001 11011101011 11001101001 111110011101 010011010010 110110111010 0100111011 101001101101 011110011010 1011011011010 1100101001 101001001011 111001001011 111010111001 1100111101 11001001111 0100110101 111001011001 110110111101 011010010111 11011101001 11011010101 11001011101 11001011001 011010110011 11011001001 110110010111 11001011100 1101111110101 110110110010 010111110110 010110010010 01101011011 101010001111 101111011111 01011011001 01001111010 011111111010 1101111011 011010010110 11001101101 111101011011 11011111011 11111011111 11101001001 101011001011 1111111101101 11111111011 101011111001 11011101001 11111101011 01011011011 1011110111010 1010011110010 1001101011 01001101001 01101010001 1111111011111 01011001011 11011011001 11011011011 11111010101 010110011010 010010010010 11101101101 111111101001 1101101110111 10100110101011 11111010001 111111111011 11100111101 01111101011 11011001101 101001111001 101111011111 11011111111 11111011101 11111111011 111111111001 101011001001 11001011001 111011111001 01001011101 11001011001 11011001111 1101101011 11110010011 11011011111 101001011001 01011001101 1111010010111 111010011010 11010101 11011101 01010111 01011101 01000101 10111101 10010101 01011101 11011100 11010101 11010101 01110111 11010111 01011101 010101010 110100110 010101110 011101010 01010101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4858
- Average number of words per stanza: 956
- Amount of lines: 210
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, three, my, i, you, ', dub, up, to, us, as, me, he, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, the, his are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', us, me are repeated).
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