This is an analysis of the poem An English Ballad, On The Taking Of Namur, By The King Of Great Britain that begins with:

Dulce est desipere in loco.
Some Folks are drunk, yet do not know it:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcdefef XfgfgfhfX XhXXijijiiiXi Xfidikhkh ggdgddidiXclc gXflfiaiaaaaa Xklklfgfglclc XidXdlXlcjkjk XmnmnXXgoidiX daoaXpjpjdcdX ggagaaXaadldl XclclXgcg Xagagilil XdgdgXcXXqfqd Xjcjljkjk XfrfrXiiildld
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,9,13,9,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,9,9,13,9,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101100010 111111110 11110111 100111010 11001111 110101010 11110101 110101010 10111101 11011111 01010111 11110101 11010111 1 10110101 11010101 11010111 110100101 110101010 01010011 111111010 11010101 1 10111001 11100110 11111111 01010101 11111101 110111010 11110101 011111010 10111111 11110101 11011101 01001101 1 101101010 010110101 110101111 11111101 10011101 01111101 11010101 11011101 1 01000101 11010101 11011001 11110011 11111101 01011101 11000101 11110101 01010101 01111010 11110011 1101001010 1 11110110 110011010 001010101 010111010 1001001010 11010101 110101010 11110101 11010101 10010101 11010111 11010111 1 01110111 110010101 01011101 01011101 11010101 10110001 11010101 11010101 01011111 010110110 11011101 110101010 1 01111101 01010101 11010110 01011111 10110101 110101010 11101101 111100010 01011101 01010111 11111101 010100101 1 11010101 110101010 10111101 110101010 11010110 01011101 10111101 11001101 010110111 11110101 11100101 11101101 1 11111101 110111010 01010111 110101010 11010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 10010101 111101010 1101110001 110111110 1 01010101 10100111 11010111 01111011 01111111 11111111 10010011 110111010 11110001 01000111 11010101 11110111 1 111111010 11011101 010111010 101100101 110110100 10011111 0111110100 10111111 1 01000101 10010111 01110101 11110101 010101010 11110101 111101010 01110101 1 01110111 11010011 11111111 11111101 10110110 010111010 11010100 100101100 10110101 0101010010 01000101 111010010 1 11010111 011111110 10011101 10110101 11011001 11010101 10110101 11011101 1 110101010 11011101 010111110 010010101 1101010 11011101 10111111 11000101 10010101 11011101 11111011 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 188
  • 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; and, his, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the, or are repeated.

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