This is an analysis of the poem Maude. that begins with:
A BALLAD OF THE OLDEN TIME.
Around the castle turrets fiercely moaned the autumn blast,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaaa bbcc ddee ffgg ffcc ddcc hhgg ddcc ggcc cccc ffcc ddbbXccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01000101 01010101010101 10101110110101 11010101010101 10111101010111 11111101111101 11001101111101 11110101010101 1110111111011 110101011011101 11011111010101 10111111111101 110111011111001 11110101010101 110111011101011 11110011111111 111110101100101 11101110010101 11111110110101 11000111110111 11110101110101 11011011111111 11111110111101 11111101111101 10111011010101 110010111111101 11101110111101 11011101110111 111110011100101 11111101101101 1101010111101 11110111111101 11011111110101 11110101111101 11011011110101 10010101010101 01110111111101 11010111010111 11010111111101 11010101011111 11010101110111 1001110011101 01010101110111 10111101111111 10110101011101 11111111011101 10010101111101 11111101110111 111010101011101 010111111101001 101010101110101 1011100010110111 11010101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, my, thy, to, that, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Maude.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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