This is an analysis of the poem Song—carle, An' The King Come that begins with:

Chorus.—Carle, an the King come,
Carle, an the King come,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAXA bbXAC dddAC AAXAc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 101011 1111101 101011 11100101 11101101 110011101 101011 1010111 1111101 11011101 11110101 101011 1010111 11011 11011 1011101 11011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; carle, king, come are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines come is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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