This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of William Rufus that begins with:

The Red King's gone a-hunting, in the woods his father made
For the tall red deer to wander through the thicket and the glade,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeaa ffgag bbgfg ccgg bbgg hhii gXibb ggii eeaa jjaaXccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01110100010101 101110101010101 0111010110101 11110101011101 11110100010101 01010111110101 001110100010001 111101001111101 110101011110111 11011101011101 11110101010101 10101010010111 10111010111111 111000111010111 1111010110110 11101010101111 1 11010101110101 101110100010001 11010101010101 1110111011101 01 01011101010111 01011111010101 11111111010111 111110101111101 01111111010101 111011100110001 11110111110111 11111010110110 1101110010001 1111011110001 11010101111101 11010110110101 1111010110101 11110101110111 1111000111011 1 11010101010101 1101010111001 01010101110110 11001101110101 11010101010111 101011101011101 1101110010101 11011100110101 11011101010101 01110101010101 01110100010101 10010111011111 01000111110101 11010111010101 01010101010101 11010101010101 10110010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, red, to, by, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

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

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