This is an analysis of the poem The Windsor Prophecy that begins with:

When a holy black Swede, the son of Bob,
With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeebbccXXeeddffffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1010110101 001101101101 1111101011 11110101 10110110 10100011 110111001 101111001 1110101001 110010111 11001011111 110111111 11011101101 0010100011 1110011100 0101001000 101101111 010110101 1101111101 11001111011 111101111 0101101101 1111011111 11011001101 110110101 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1091
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of The Windsor Prophecy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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