This is an analysis of the poem How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix that begins with:

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I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aaXXbb X ccbbbb X ddaaeX X ffbbaa a ggccXf a XXhhgg X aaiibX X ffbbee X jjddkk cXkkffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 11001011011 11011011011 01101101110 11001011001 01101001101 10001111001 1 101011011011 111111101011 11011011011 11011011011 10001111001 11011001001 1 11011011111 10001111111 11011011101 1101011110 101011011011 110110011010 1 11011001001 1011010111001 01101111001 111111001011 01011011001 01111101001 1 101111111111 111101011101 111101001011 1001111011001 101101111110 01111001001 1 11011111011 11101001100 101011111011 001101111001 11111001001 11101011011 1 11011001011 11111011001 01101101001 111101011011 11011001111 11011011001 1 111111001001 11111011101 11111001011 001101111001 001011101001 101001101101 1 111111011011 11111111111 11001011001 111001111011 111111101110 111001101011 1 11101001101 111001111101 111111001001 111101111001 101001011001 111101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, galloped, and, '', of, my are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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