This is an analysis of the poem Lady Godiva that begins with:

Hey Lady Godiva, ridin´ through the town
Naked on your big white horse...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacXdcbXbccdccdbdcbXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010101 1011111 0111101 100101111010 111 110111011 11010101 11001010101 1111110 1111111 100101111001 1001 1111011011 11010101 100110101 101011 100101001 1101111111 11001010101 1111110 1111101 10010100111101 101010 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 804
  • Average number of words per stanza: 161
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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