This is an analysis of the poem Norman And Saxon that begins with:

My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir
To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc ddee bbff bbgg hhff ccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101011011001 01011001011011111 1110010110101101100 101111001011101010 11001111001011101 11101101100111011011 1111110010001011111 1101000110011101001 10110011001011011001 11111101011011111 0010110010001011001 101111111010111101 101111011011011011 111010010111001011 1011111110101111101 1101110110101001111 1011001000111110010001 00110101110111001001 11011111011011101 1011011010101111111 10001110101110110011 001111001000011101 11111111001011011 111011110110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 78 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, he, your, know, their, of, and are repeated.

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