This is an analysis of the poem Gilbert Beckett And The Fair Saracen that begins with:
THE last crusader's helm had gleamed
Upon the yellow Syrian shore ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac adadcece fafagfgf dhdhdidi ggggdjdj kekelflX gbgbjeje ajajhbhb ldldjiji dbfbahah kikilhlh hjhjkmkM nbnbhhhh jcXcfafa dMdmlfXf mfmffXXb iXialglg ejejlglg jfjfhfhf ahahlglg dXddadad XhXhjgjg gjgjgdgdXfhfhlglg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01100111 010101001 11011101 01111111 11010101 010101001 10110101 01011101 11111111 11000101 11111101 10110101 111111001 11010111 010000101 11110101 01010111 010010111 01010101 11111101 11010111 11110101 11110111 01111111 100101001 01110101 11011101 11010111 11101111 10010101 010100101 11000101 11011111 10110011 11010111 110111111 110111001 01111111 111101001 11010100 11010111 11010101 11010111 11000101 11110011 11111001 01110111 11111111 11011101 11111111 010010101 1111101 01111101 01011101 01010101 01010101 11111111 11000101 11011101 01000101 11011101 01010101 11011101 01110111 11111101 01010001 10110111 01011111 11010101 110011101 110100101 11000101 11010101 11110101 11110111 11110101 11010101 010011111 11010101 11110101 11111101 110101001 1101101001 10010101 11110101 110011101 11000111 11011111 11010101 01110111 1001101001 11110101 10110101 1111001011 11010101 11111101 11110111 010010011 01110101 11011101 10110101 00111111 010000101 10110001 11010101 01010101 111100100 11011101 110100101 11011101 10000111011 01010101 11010101 11111101 110010101 11110101 01110101 010010101 01110101 11001101 01010111 11011101 111011111 110001001 010110111 0100010110 01110100 11001101 11010101 110101000 11010101 11000111 11000101 11011111 111011101 11011101 10110111 01110111 11010101 11010101 10110100 11111001 11011101 1110111101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11000101 01110111 01010101 01011111 010000101 11110101 110100111 11010101 11110101 11010101 11111101 111011101 111011101 110100111 110111100 11010101 11000101 11000111 11111101 11010111 01010111 110111110 01010101 1111111110 11011101 11111101 11010111 01010111 10111111 11110011 11011101 11111111 01010101 111101011 11110101 01011111 110010101 11010111 10011101 11010101 01111101 11010100 101111101 10110101 1110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 192
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, and, 'twas, her, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, 'twas, and, the, i are repeated.
The author used the same words and, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word low at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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