This is an analysis of the poem Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 24 that begins with:

King Zuzan had a khajah of noble sentiments and of good aspect who served his companions when they were present and spoke well of them when they were...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXX b aX X XXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,2,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11010100101001001111001011001111001101011001100110100100011010011111010110100100011000100111000101110101010110110101100101110011 0110010010101 11011111001 0101011101 0110011011001 11010110101101011101010110101011010001010010001101001101100100100110001110010111010010001001000100111010101101010001101001100111110100100100101101001101010100101110111001010100101011011110001100110111010100110010101010100010000101001011010100010001010010011010101001001001011010001101001001100001111010011001000100100010111101011001010100010011001100010101001000011010000101001 11011001010011 00010110100111010 0101001010101101010111011010101001001000101101010010101110010101010101110110111110001100111111010000 01010111 011011110010 00110100111101 01010110010 1101001001 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 496
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 199 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 34
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, of, and, to, king, they, he, in, his, this, be, who, that, if, by, it, thee, had, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    The author used the same word he 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 thee is repeated).

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  • summary of Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 24;
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