This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of Boh Da Thone that begins with:
This is the ballad of Boh Da Thone,
Erst a Pretender to Theebaw's throne,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX Xb cc dd ee aa cX ff Xd cc aX gg hh ii jj aa kk ll gg aa ii mm cX aa cX cc cc ll ee aaa bb jX dX cX Xc ee aa cc jj nn mm cc ll ff hh cc ll cc jj cc Xc kk ee gg ll kk cc jX ll ll nX ll kX cc ee dd cc kk oo kX ii Xk aXa bb nX afla cc dd cc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,4,2,2,2,2,2,5,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 000100111 100100101 1100100100 111001101 1010100100 101001 1010010101010001010 1010 111101001 0110100101 1011100101 1101011001 11101111101 0010100101 11011011011 111100101 1100100101 110011010000 1101110101 011100101 11101011001 1100110100010 1111110101 101011101001 1100100111 1100100101000 10101001001 1101100101 1010101111 11011001011 11001001011 011011010001 1100111101 11011011001 1011100111 101001000111 1100100101 0110100101 010010111 0110101001 010010010010 010011110110 01001001001 1011011001001 111110100 1111011011 1101111011 11001101001 10100100010011 1011010110010 111001001001 1101110101 111001011011 11101100110 11111101110 00101001010 011100101 10100101111 0100111001 011101001 1100110101 010100101 1100100111 1100100101 0100100111 1011010010110 001001101010 011101111 0010101101 0111010101 1010010011100 010110101 101010011010 0110101110 1011001001 110011111 1100110101 1100110111 11101001001 011101101 0010100101 110101101 1100100111 1011110111 1010100101 10101100111 1011011001 11101001001 0110111101 1101101101 11001001001 1101110101 1100100101 1011110101 1110000101 110100111 101001011001 1100101001 1011011001 1100100101 01001011001 1011011001 0010110011 1100100111 0010100101 10111101010 10101010011 1100100111 10111101101 110100101 0101101001 1010100101 00111010101 1011110101 10111001101 1011100101 10100101 1100100101 011101011 1100100111 00111101 0011101001 1100100111 1110110111 1011100101 11011001001 00111101001 101100101 001001101001 10101101011 10100100101 110100101 1110100101 11101001101 11101011101 100101110001 101001111001 1100100101 010100101 1101011001 01001001101 101001001011 1110101101 010010010010 1011011011010 001111101001 01001001001 101010110010 011010011010 1010011011011 01001110000 1 110111011110 110111111010 101101101001 001101101001 11001101011 1010110 010 111 101111001111 11001011011 101111011001 11101011001 101001001101 011011011 100011011101 11111011011 101011001101 11101011101 101101001011 11 1010 1 11000 10100100100010 1010111010010 101101001001 101011101001 0010011010011 01011001001 110111101101 101011101001 01111001011 01011001101 01111101111 011111010011 01001001101 101001011001 01001011111 1011011001001 101011101001 01011101001 111001001001 111001010010 1010011011110 0011010010010 11111001101 11101011101 111111111111 1011010011011 11011001101 01011101101 010110010110 111011110010 1011011110100 11001101111100 11011011101 1011111110010 010010111010 111110010010 10101000010100 010110011110 10001011010 111110011110 011010101100 111011010010 111001101001 010011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 112
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 227
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, with, he, who, and, in, of, they, their, thought, as, him, it, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, who, the, a, they, and, as are repeated.
The author used the same words he, who, they, and, the, as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, to are repeated).
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