This is an analysis of the poem Frederick And Alice that begins with:

Frederick leaves the land of France,
Homeward hastes his steps to measure,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dddd Xeee cXcf aeae cbcb fefe eeee aghg efef gcgX icic jcjX kfkf deda fcfc glgl jfjf cccc chch mgmX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 101001010 1010101 10101010 1000101 1010011 1110101 1010111 1010101 1010101 11011111 1111101 1010101 1010101 10010101 1010101 1111111 101111110 1010101 1010111 1001101 10100101 1010101 10100101 1110101 10101010 1000101 10101010 1011101 1110101 1010101 10101001 10010101 0010111 0010111 1010111 101111011 1110101 10111001 10111001 10101101 1011111 10100101 1010001 1011101 10111001 11011010 1010110 0010111 10101001 1010111 1010111 1110111 10011101 1010111 10101010 10111001 1011101 1111101 1011101 10010001 1010101 1110101 1011101 1011101 1011101 1111101 1011101 1110101 1110111 11101001 1000101 1010101 10100101 1010101 10100101 1010101 1010111 1110101 1110001 1000111 1010101 10101001 10010101 111111 1110101 1010001 10101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; he is repeated.

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

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