This is an analysis of the poem The Last Rhyme Of True Thomas that begins with:
The King has called for priest and cup,
The King has taken spur and blade... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb XdeX FdXX bXgc bhXX adbd idcd jbbb beke cdhX cded ldXX adbX bdbX gmjd lcic bmnd bmnX cmbX nbbb bXbX bebX Adbd Xdjd edkX Fbnb bebX Abbb eheh hbcX Fdbd aobo nhah leXe cgbX ibib dbeb boao ednd bdnX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01111111 01110111 011100101 1110110111 1111111111 111110111 111110111 110111 11011101 110111111 011101010 1100111 1011100111 101111111 01111111 110110101 1010110111 110111111 111111011 1101111000 11010101 110100101 11010101 01011101 10111100101 11010111 111110111 11110111 1010110101 110110111 1111100101 010100101 10111110111 1111110111 110110101 111100101 10111111011 111111011 111111111 11010111 101111111 111111011 111110101 111100101 1011100101 111110101 110101111 1111001010 01110101 11010101 1001111110011 1111010 1010101011 11111111 01011101 110111100 1011111111 11011110 011100111 11111111 1011101101 11111101 0110110101 1110100101 1011110011 111110110 111110111 110101101 10011110101 011110110 111110111 110101010 01110101 01011110 1011101110011 110011010 1001100101 11111101 111101101 101111111 1011101111 11111111 110110101 1101111110 1110100111 11010101 1011101101 101111011100 11010101 01011101 101110111 0100111101 10110111111 110111111 111101101 11011111 11011111 01111101 110111011 110101010 11011101 11011101 11111111 01110101 111101101 11111101 110110101 110111110 11010101 110110001 101111101 010011111 10110110101 11011111 110101001 11111111 100110011 11101111 01111101 110111010100 11011101 11011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 110110101 101111101 1100111001 101111111 01111001 01110101 11110101 101111001 01110101 11111010 01111101 101111110 11111111 011100101 11001110000 11011101 11011101 11010101 011100101 11010101 110110101 1110101101 110110111 10111001101 101111111 111110101 11110111 101100111101 01011111 111010111 11011111001 101101100111 1110110101 111011001011 111101110
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 160
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, they, him, have, sought, your, my, wi', send, i, his, o', give, me, some, sing, for, ye, that, sleep, ha', harpit are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they, for, wi', my, and, 'twas, i, to are repeated.
The author used the same words and, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words faerie, me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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