This is an analysis of the poem No Knight Am I that begins with:
With any giving of reason,
Just to get to see you pleased....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD EFAA GHDA eIJK edKE EFAA GHDA eIJK edKEjABCD eIJK EdKE eIk FCIC FCICXEdKEEEE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,4,4,3,4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010010 1010111 1111010 110101 1111 011010 10101 101110111 11001 01001 0010101 111110101 1 11 11 0100 1 01 11010 0010110001 1111 011010 10101 101110111 11001 01001 0010101 111110101 1 11 11 0100 1 01 11010 0010110001 1 01010010 1010111 1111010 110101 011 11 11 0100 11 01 11010 0010110001 1 11 110100 1111010 010011 11111 111101 1111010 010011 11111 111101 11 01 11010 0010110001 0010110001 0010110001 0010110001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The author used the same words i, no 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 me is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word seems at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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