This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of Reading Gaol (Version II) that begins with:

Version II
He did not wear his scarlet coat, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbbb debeAE AEFEae dgdGfX chihdh aeeEBE cbJBKB gbabcb gecece ikjklk demene eiaiji ackckc alclXl lbhbcb lkekjX X bebeAE AEFEbe flmldl mdbXdd dgdGcg kejEee caeaea kebeje clklal cekehe ldmdkd iebeae opaldl X beleae aemene d
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101 10110101 111111 11110101 1111001 01110111 110001 11010101 0010101 01011101 1011111 111010111 1100101 11010111 010101 01110101 1100101 1110010111 010101 11010101 010101 1110000111 011101 101011101 110101 11010101 100101 101011101 1010101 11110101 111111 11011101 100111 11010101 010101 01110111 111101 11110111 111001 11000101 1001001 01010001 011001 11111111 111111 11000101 100101 01010101 011111 11110111 111101 11010101 110101 11110111 111111 11110101 1010101 11010101 1010101 11111101 001101 11110101 111111 11111101 111101 11110111 010001 11111101 110101 010010101 010101 1010010101 0010101 11110101 011101 111110111 111111 100011101 11100101 111111001 111101 010001001 110101 11101101 1011111 11110101 0100101 11010001 111011 10110111 0001001 11110101 1010101 11110101 1010001 110101001 01010 1 11011101 0010101 01011101 1011111 111010111 1100101 11010111 010101 01110101 1100101 11100100111 0100101 10110111 110111 010101001 0010101 11010101 110101 10110111 101111 111011101 110100 01011101 110101 11110101 110101 01010111 011101 11010101 011101 11010111 0011111 11010111 1100101 11010111 110101 01111101 1000111 110100101 0010101 11110111 010101 010100101 111101 11110101 010101 110100101 011101 001010001 111111 01010101 010011 100110101 010101 1010011101 111111 11001101 110111 11110111 010111 11011111 010101 111111101 0011101 111011101 111101 11111101 1111101 111111111 111101 1101100101 100101 01011111 111110 01111001 110101 101011111 111001 1 01010111 1010101 10111101 010101 11110101 110111 11110111 010111 11111101 111101 11110111 110001 01001101 010101 01011111 010101 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 01110111 110111 11011111 010111 11111101 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11110111 010110 11110101 1101001 11010101 110101 01110101 110101 10111110 010101 11011101 1010101 11010101 011101 11011101 110101 111111001 1100001 11011101 110101 11011101 110101 100101001 101101 110111001 110111 11010101 111111 11111001 111101 01010101 1010101 01011111 0010101 111111111 010101 10110101 111111 01000101 110101 111011111 001101 11010100 010101 11110101 111111 11011101 110101 11111111 0010111 01011111 111101 11111101 0010111 110111111 110111 11010101 110101 11111101 010101 01000101 010101 11010101 100101 1110100111 1011111 01001101 111111 11110101 110101 11011101 110101 11011111 110001 01010111 1010101 111010101 1010001 01110111 110101 11010101 0010111 111011111 011101 11010101 1100101 110100100 0100111 101011101 010111 01111101 111101 01010101 110100 10110011000 1010101 0010101000 111101 101011101 1110111 11111111 1110101 101111101 110111 11110101 0010001 111111101 00101010 11011100 1100011 011101010 1111111 110110101 110001 010111011 110101 0010100100 110101 101011101 111111 01010101 110111 101010101 111111 11111101 0010001 010111001 010101 11010101 110101 11011111 0110100 11110101 1010101 11010111 111111 111111001 110111 11011111 110111 1011100101 010101 101010101 110001 10110101 110111 110110101 110101 101010101 010101 10111101 010101 10110101 1011101 10110101 111111 11110101 101101 01010101 010101 01010101 010100 11010101 111101 1010100101 1101100 11010101 1011101 11110101 10110101 1110100101 101111 11111111 1011101 01010101 1101001 101011101 010001 101010101 0110001 11111101 0010001 11010101 100101 11010101 100001 11011111 1111101 1010110101 111111 11111111 111111 1 10110101 111101 01010111 1010111 110110001 111101 111111111 111101 101001101 1011001 11010111 1001011 10011111 110101 10111101 111111 111011111 1100101 11011111 010101 01110101 1100101 1110010111 011101 11010111 110111 11111101 111101 11110111 111101 11110101 101101 11000101 110101 11011101 110101 11110101 010101 10011111 0100101 10011111 111101 10011111 111101 01000101 110101 11010111 110101 01010111 1111010 11010111 1111111 111011101 1010111 11011101 111111 10010111 10100101 101010101 1011101 111010101 111111 11010101 101101 11010111 100101 11010101 111101 01010111 101111 01011111 1010110 11101011 111101 111001001 010011 110101001 010001 110100111 110111 00111101 010111 101111111 011101 10010111 100101 11111111 110001 101010101 100111 11011111 110101 01010101 111111 11010101 010101 110011111 101101 111011111 10100101 01011101 111111 110100101 111111 101011111 100101 101011111 010101 10110101 111001 10110111 1110111 101010111 110111 11110101 101101 01001111 100101 11001111 111001 01011001 111001 11010101 1011101 101011101 010101 01011101 1010001 1100111 111101 01011101 111101 11011111 010101 110010111 101101 10100111 111111 1 11110101 110101 11111101 010101 11110101 011111 101111001 111111 11110101 101101 11011101 001101 01111100 011101 110010111 010101 11011111 111101 01110101 110101 10110111 100111 11011101 101101 01011101 110101 001010001 111101 11010101 1010001 111010101 1011111 111011101 110111 11111111 110111 11010111 0011101 101010101 111101 11110101 0010001 01010111 100101 101011101 010111 11011111 111101 11110111 110101 111010101 1111111 0110011111 011111 01111011 111011 11011101 1001011 101001101 10100101 110010111 010101 101110101 010011 111011111 011101 11111101 010101 11111111 111111 11010111 110101 110010111 010111 01110111 010001 11001101 00101001 11011111 110101 11111101 110101 11110101 111100 110010101 1011101 11010111 010101 101010011 010101 01011101 111101 11010101 010011 110100101 011101 101011101 011101 11011111 110111 101011101 011111 1 01011101 100101 10010101 101101 001010111 1011111 11111101 010111 11010101 110101 01110111 111101 11110111 111001 11000101 1001001 01010001 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 115
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 768
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, with, some, who, watch, him, his, to, dance, we, no, they, sang, it, slays, that, had, makes, bleed, round, their, eats, flesh, by, at, blood are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, the, nor, who, and, we, at, it, or, out, they are repeated.

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

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