This is an analysis of the poem The Splendid Spur that begins with:
NOT on the neck of prince or hound
Nor on a woman’s finger twin’d, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaabbcc dedeffaa XgXgaacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 11010101 11000101 11011101 1001 0101 11011101 11010111 01010101 110100101 001011001 11010101 1101 1001 01001111 11010101 10101110 11100101 110101001 11000101 0101 0111 10011111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Splendid Spur;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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