This is an analysis of the poem Hunting Song that begins with:

Waken, lords and ladies gay,
On the mountain dawns the day;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabbcXaA AaccddaA AaeeffaA aAaaggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010101 1010101 01111101 11011010 11101110 100100101 1011101 1011101 01110101 10001110 10101110 11001100 01010101 1110111 1011101 1011101 0011101 1111111 1011101 1110111 11010101 1111101 1011101 1010101 1011101 1011111 1011111 1110111 1111111 1001101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word waken is repeated.

    The author used the same word waken at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gay is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word gay at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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