This is an analysis of the poem Saint Edmond's Eve that begins with:
Oh! did you observe the Black Canon pass,
And did you observe his frown?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xccc adad eded cfcf gdgX dhdh aiXi chcX gggg cfcf gggg hfhX dhdh dXdi gbgb jgjX aXac ibiX jXji igig fjfX caci gjgj gdgX bdbd cgcg gggg khkhXgjgj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010101101 1010101 11010111 0101101 110101001 10101001 110010111 01011001 010010101 1110111 1111010101 1100101 01010111 010111 101010101 10101001 1001110101 10100101 0110100101 01101001 0100100111 101110001 101110111 10111001 1100111001 0101101 111010101 10111101 1101100101 1110101 0101111011 1010111 11010111 111101 0100110101 111000 11010101 110111 010100101 1110111 11110101 1101001 01010101 11001110 11111111001 10110101 10110100101 11101001 11111101 1101001 01111101 11001010 01010101 010111 01010101 110101 11110101 010110 11110101 111101 11010101 110101 11010101 011101 11011101 010101 011110001 0110011 1101100101 1100101 011100101 1111101 0100101001 11111101 0011011101 11011100 110111101 10100110 10100100101 10100101 010010001 01001101 110010111 1011101 100110101 001001101 1101100101 110110010 1110110111 11001011 0111110101 10110101 0100101001 1110101 01101101001 1001101 11001101011 0100111 1101100101 10111010 0101011001 01100111 10101001110 1011111 111010101 0111101 01101011011 1010111 0100100111 101010001 1010111101 11100111 1011010101 10101101 1001001101 10111001 00101101101 101001101 11001101011 101101101
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, it, he, his, s, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'till, the, it, yet, 'oh are repeated.
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