This is an analysis of the poem He "Digesteth Harde Yron" that begins with:

Although the aepyornis
or roc that lived in Madagascar, and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXcd Xcccdaa XefaXc gXgdda cXffbbb fdaac abhhceX hiccbii iXfahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,6,7,5,7,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 1111010101 01101 010101 00010110 100110101110 010010 0110010 0010101011 010001 111101 11010001 101010111011 101010 0111000 111111111 11010101011 1010101010011 100111001 10010111011100 101001100001 111100 010101 11010110 110101010100 1111 011100110 1001101011 011001 110101 01101101 111010111011 100110 1110101 10010101110 111011 101101 0111110011 1101011 1110010111 110110 101011 10110100 010101010 111101000 01000100 0001001101 110101 111101 101000101 010101101101 010101 1110001 1000010101 110111010100 1010100010101 0101010 001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; he, are repeated.

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

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  • summary of He "Digesteth Harde Yron";
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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