This is an analysis of the poem The Burghers Of Calais that begins with:
It were after the Battle of Crecy-
The foe all lay dead on the ground- ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cded Xfbf XgfX hibi bXfj hdeX eaaa iXfj afgX caXa fhgh bkek XaaX kfcf faXa
- 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: 0010010010 01111101 1110110010 01101001 011110001 111011001 1110100010 11101111 1111010010 11001111 1111010111 11101001 1010110110 11111101 110110110 1111111010 1111010011 11101011 011011010 11100101 1010111111 11001011 111110110 11111111 0100101100 111011011 11011111110 1111011001100 110110110 111101101 1110011010 11111001 1110111011 01111001 1010110110 11111001 1110111010 11000111 1011111110 110110010 1110110001 10110011001 1110011010 01101001 1011010010 11001101 1111010010 11011011 011110110 11001011 10101110010 110010011 111001100 11001011 111110110 110110110 111011010 11101011 1101010011 11111101 011110010 11001101 1110111011 111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; they, but, their, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, oh, and are repeated.
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