This is an analysis of the poem William And Helen that begins with:

I.
From heavy dreams fair Helen rose,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdX Xecbc XXcac Xcafg ahaga aijbj Xchih Xhkck XchiX jhXah aJkaX XXbcb Xcjlj XJLml XhhnX XcokX Xehch XJkaX Xcana Xojoj XJLhX Xfefe XbXhk Xldbd Xcckc XXbdj XpkXX XiahX XglhX XbccX Xqaia XccbX XbaeX Xkcac XbacX XXcic XcabA Xioho Xkccc XbXda Xhccc XidiX Xkb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01011101 110101 10111101 111111 1 010101010 110101 11010101 110111 1 01010100 110111 110010101 010111 1 11011101 0100101 11010011 010100 1 111111011 010101 01111100 010101 1 110010111 110001 11010111 0111001 1 11111101 110101 11110101 010101 1 01010111 110101 10100101 110101 1 11110101 110101 01010101 110110 1 11010101 111101 11011101 111101 1 11111111 111101 11011111 11010110 1 11010101 010101 10110111 111111 1 11110101 110111 00111101 111101 1 11010101 110101 110111011 010101 1 111101010 111101 11011101 111101 1 11010011 111111 11000101 110011 1 110011010 110101 11001101 011101 1 11111111 011101 10100111011 1111010 1 11010101 011101 11110111 010111 1 101101001 110111 111001001 101101 1 11010101 110101 011101010 101101 1 111000101 1011010 11110101 1001010 1 11011101 1111010 110100101 0100001 1 11010111 1100111 11010101 010101 1 010100111 1101010 11010101 0101110 1 11110111 010101 111100101 1101001 1 10010111 110111 11111111 111111 1 11111111 1101111 11111101 110111 1 11010100 111101 10011101 010101 1 11010111 111011 11111101 110101 1 10111111 011101 01010101 110111 1 11111101 011111 1011101010 110101 1 110101010 110101 011111010 111111 1 11110111 111111 11011101 111101 1 11110101 1111111 01010101 0101011 1 110111110 11101 11010101 010111 1 11010111 111110 100101001 010101 1 11011101 111101 11110111 111101 1 11110111 111111 11111101 111111 1 11011101 110101 111111001 010001 1 11111101 110101 01110111 011101 1 1011011001 011101 11011101 111110 1 11111101 010101 11010101 0100101 1 11010111 110101 110101001 111111 1 11010101 111101 11011111 110101 1 11111011 1111110 1010011101 1101001 1 11010111 110101 01010101 010101 1 11111111 1101110 11111111 1101110 1 11110111 110101 010101110 110100 1 11111101 111101 101111001 0100001 1 10110101 010111 11110101 0111110 1 11010111 010101 11111101 010101 1 11010111 110101 01010111 010101 1 11111101 111101 11010111 0100111 1 11110111 110111 11010111 110101 1 11101101 010101 11110101 0101010 1 11010111 110101 01010111 010101 1 10011101 010101 11110101 1101110 1 01010101 011101 11011101 0101110 1 010011111 010111 11010101 1000101 111 1010011111 1101001 11011101 110101 1 01010101 110101 01010101 010101 1 01100101 010101 11010101 010100 1 0100111011 100101 01110101 110101 1 11111111 110101 11010101 1101001 1 101010101 0101010 01000101 0100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 66
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 330
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, not, mother, what, she, her, thou, i, fast, come, ', fear, clash, barb are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, to, come, how, her are repeated.

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

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

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