This is an analysis of the poem The Old Huntsman that begins with:

Here's a keen and grim old huntsman
On a horse as white as snow; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcb XdEdEcec efgfeaea hihieXeg jbjXkdkd hlalhfhfXekekhchc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1011111 0110101 101101 1110011 1111111 1110101 101 010101 010101 10101010 1111101 10101010 1110111 11101110 111 11101010 1011101 10100010 0010001 11101110 1010101 11111010 111 11101110 1110111 10111010 1010101 10101010 10011101 11101110 111 10111110 1010111 010101010 1010110 11111011 1011111 01101111 111 1111010 110101 1101010 110111 1111110 110111 1111110 101 1111110 110101 1101010 111101 1111110 110111 1111110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, he, we are repeated.

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