This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Tankerfield that begins with:
The death of holy Tankerfield,
That martyr of the Lord's,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdce ddfX gfhf aiji gkgk klkl fkjk ckck gjlj cbkb cgag lglg dgdX gmkm ndkd ghgX kgmg ndnd kcmg gigX jdje lXfX glkl XbjX mdae jcjc dkkX dkXk ldgdXdkak
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010100 110001 10111111 110001 0111011 010111 1000101 010100 11010111 010101 10010101 000110 11010101 010101 01010101 110001 11111101 011001 11010101 011101 01111101 011101 11111101 111101 11100101 010101 11011101 110101 10010110 010011 01010101 011101 10100111 010101 11111111 010101 010111011 111101 10010101 110101 11010111 010101 01011111 111101 11010111 110101 110010101 010001 11100101 100101 11100101 010001 11110111 010001 10010111 1110010 11110101 100101 01010001 111111 11110100 010101 11010101 110101 11111101 011101 01110101 111101 11011101 110101 110101101 010001 111001010 110111 010110010 11101 11110101 000101 111101001 111101 11111101 110101 11110101 1111110 11011101 1111011 110011111 010100 10011101 111001 01111101 011101 01011001 110101 11010101 110101 11010110 110101 111111001 110101 11110001 110111 11010101 010100 11010101 110101 11110001 010101 01011111 110101 11110001 010111 11010101 111101 11010111 011111 110101001 110111 10011101 110001 10011001 011101 110111001 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 124
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to, thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same words 'i, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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