This is an analysis of the poem The Bludy Serk that begins with:

THIS hinder yeir I hard be tald
   Thair was a worthy King; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXaXa XcXcccXX adaXXXaX eaXaXXXa XXXXXXXX XbcXXbXX XcXXXXXc XXXfXXXg dXdXXXXX fhXhfXXX eXgXeXXX XeXeXeXe XcXXfXXX fbfbXbXb XXXeXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 110101 101011001 111010 0111011 1101011 11010101 110101 111011010 1111001 110101110 111101 11000101 111111 10101100 1101100 11011001 11101 10110101 100101 11000100 10111111 10111110 110011 11010101 110111 010111101 1011001 1111110 111101 11010111 11111 11010111 100110 11110101 111110 11011101 110010 01011111 1011101 01111111 101111 11011111 11011 01011111 110111 10100101 111110 11110001 11101 110101010 111100 111001010 101001 01011100 111101 11011101 100101 11010101 1110000 10010101 111110 01011101 1101011 010101111 110101 11010111 1100101 11110111 111111 1100101001 101101 11110111 110111 11111010 110101 11101111 10110101 01011101 101101 101110001 111010 110110111 1101010 101110111 101110 110101101 111010 110101001 111111 11111101 101111 101000111 110101 11111111 1100011 0101010 101011 01010010 110100 01011111 111101 01010101 110010 010111111 111111 11111101 101101 11010110 110010111 00111100 10101101 01010101 110100 111000100 10100111 100010101 110111 11011111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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  • summary of The Bludy Serk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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