This is an analysis of the poem Richard Coeur De Lion that begins with:

Richard the First, Coeur-de-Lion,
Is a name that we speak of with pride, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb cdXd cdbX efgf XXgX daXa Xbab bhch aggg XXai ejdj haXa bbXb iada XeXe bkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011010 001111001 1110111010 001001111 111011010 110110010 1110111011 1010110010 110010010 10001110 111001010 01001111 111110010 11001001 110010111 11101011 01110010110 001011001 1011111011 111011111 011110010 111001101 111011001010 11101101 011111010 101101001 1110111010 11111001 1110010110 111001011 111110110 101001001 010110100 111101001 1111010111 11011100 110101100110 1100100110 1011011010 101101011 111110110 11111111 111011010 111011001 110110011 11111001 111011110 11001001 111010010 01001011 1110110010 101111101 010110010 11111011 1111010010 11111101 110010010 111001101 111111010 11011001 011011010 11101011 1010111100 101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, he, to, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, said, they are repeated.

    The author used the same words he, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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