This is an analysis of the poem The Wild Huntsman that begins with:

The Wildgrave winds his bugle-horn,
To horse, to horse! halloo, halloo!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab cdcd ecec fafa gHgh ieie eceX Xjhf XaiX XfkX ccXc cecX ghgh abaX ebeb gcgX cecX FEfe aXaX chch akak eheh cccc gjhj hihX FEfe gagX aXab hiXi lilX cbcX aiaX cccX fefe kakX aXab caca caca ffcf fmfm cdcd ihih cccX iaia hkhk Xhch fHfh abaX ekek jcjc jfjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 01011010 010010101 11011101 01010101 110101001 110011111 01010101 01011101 11010101 1110101 11110111 11010101 10101101 11000101 11010101 11110111 11111111 01111101 01010101 01110111 01110101 01010101 11110101 11010111 11010101 11111111 01010110 11110101 10110101 11100101 010110001 1101100110 11110001 01010101 01011101 10110110 01010101 110011101 11111100 01010101 11010001 11110101 110100111 10110101 01011111 11111111 10101110 01010101 1011110111 11011101 11010101 101010101 01111101 010101001 11010101 01011101 110100101 11111111 11010111 11110101 01010101 110101001 010001100 11010101 101100101 101011111 010100110 10011101 01110001 001011101 110010101 101111001 110101001 11010101 11010101 11110101 101100101 11011111 11010101 11111111 01010101 110100101 110101001 0110001001 101111111 11110101 11110101 110010101 11010001 01010101 01011101 101111111 01010111 101111001 010010101 11000101 11110101 11010101 111101010 10011101 01110001 01111101 110010101 100010111 10111101 11010011 0100110010 01110101 11010101 11010101 110100101 01010101 11110101 010010110 011111011 011001101 11010101 11010101 010101010 11111111 110010101 01010101 01011101 11010101 01010101 10011101 01010110 11011101 11110011 11010101 011111100 10110101 01110101 01011101 11010101 10111111 11010111 11010101 11011111 11011101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11111111 11000111 11111101 01010101 110100101 11010101 01011101 10010101 11010101 11010101 01010001 010011001 11110101 11010001 11010101 11010101 110010101 11010101 10010101 01010101 10000101 01010101 10011001 01001101 11110101 110101001 11110101 11010001 1111011 01010101 1001001001 11011111 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 010101001 10100101 01010101 11010101 11111111 01111101 01010101 010110111 010010101 01111111 11011101 01100101 11011101 01011101 010111001 11110101 11011111 1111011001 110101001 00011111 11010101 01110101 10110101 010011101 11011101 11011111 001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 52
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 208
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to, and, not, or, his, of, louder are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, a, these, not, and, his 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.

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

    The poet repeated the same words ', hell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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