This is an analysis of the poem Hans Carvel that begins with:
Hans Carvel, impotent and old,
Married a lass of London mould.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddbbeeaaaaff aagXddhh iiddjjkkddbbll ddkkmmngnniiXimmXekk aaggnncc iinnnnoo mmppeXccgXbbXgbbaacciiXX ccddaaggeejjXiaaqq iiaaeemmXaddXlliiddXkkeeeeii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,8,14,20,8,8,24,18,28,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110011 10010101 10010101 11010011 11111110 11011101 10110111 01010101 110111010 110111010 10110101 11010111 11001111 10001001 01000101 01010010 11011101 111100001 11010001 11010101 11010111 110100101 100100110 101101010 01010101 11111101 10010101 10100001 11110101 01000101 101111011 1101101 11110101 01010111 11110111 11100101 11010101 11110111 01010101 11110101 01010011 10110001 11010101 1101011 11011011 11011111 11111101 01000101 10110101 11111111 110101110 110101010 11010101 01010111 110101110 11111101 11100111 11010101 101101010 111100110 01011101 01110101 10011011 010100101 10011110 11010101 01110101 11011101 111101010 110001010 11010001 11111111 10010111 1111111 110101001 01010111 10111111 10110011 10110111 01011101 01111111 11110111 10110111 11011111 11111101 11101101 1111101 11011100 01001101 10011101 110111010 11010001 110010101 01110101 11111101 11011111 110101001 111111110 11110111 11010101 01110111 01111101 011111010 010100010 010111010 010111010 01110101 10011111 10010101 11110101 01010001 01110001 01110101 11111101 11010110 11000111 01110101 11011101 110101110 111101010 01110101 11110101 11011111 01000101 01010101 11011111 11010101 11011001 010101010 010010101 01010101 11111101 11010001 11110101 11011101 11110001 11110111 111111010 111101111 11010101 10110001 11000101 11111111 11111101 11011111 11111101 111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 470
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 147
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, he, and, your, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word she 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 name is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase relief connects the lines.
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- summary of Hans Carvel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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