This is an analysis of the poem Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 05 that begins with:

I saw at the palace-gate of Oglimish the son of a military officer
who was endued with marvellous intellect, sagacity, perception and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd be XbeeXX b dbdXX eXfXafdecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,6,1,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110101010001001010100 1101010010110000101 10100101010101001 101011011 00101001 0101001 011101001110100 100100110101010011 1001001001011100 10110100101010011 010101101001111100 0110 1101110101 011100101100011 01100110010001111101 101010010100101001011 00101010011010010100 110100 111111010100100 111110110010101001 1110011000100 01000110011011 0100101100010 00101001011100 00111110111 000100100101 11010101011 101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 05;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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