This is an analysis of the poem Bruce And The Abbot that begins with:
The Abbot on the threshold stood,
And in his hand the holy rood:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcddccceeffdX gghhhhaaffddddcchh aaXgaaddiieedXjj kkcccXaaddaallaallccffjjdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,18,16,26,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 10010101 110101001 11110001 1101101 1101101 11010101 010101 01111101 101010101 11110111 110011111 11010111 01010101 10110101 110101010 01010101 01010101 11110101 11010111 01000101 11010101 11110001 01010101 110010101 01000101 01011111 10011101 110111001 10010101 100111001 01010101 11010101 01010111 11110101 01110111 111111110 01110111 11010001 111101001 1101111 010101001 01110111 01010001 01110101 11110111 101011101 111111010 1111000101 11010111 011111001 01011111 01010101 110010101 11010101 1100101110 010100101 11010111 01010101 11111101 10011001 10010101 01001101 01000101 10110111 01110101 10111011 11010111 010101001 11110101 11010001 010010101 11010101 110101001 010101111 111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 681
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; his, it, and, thy, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it, again are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase blessed connects the lines.
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