This is an analysis of the poem The Glendy Burk that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBXcXcdEBABE f XEBe aBcgcgXddABE f XeXehiei f baXahebABEXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,4,12,1,8,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0 101 01011 10101101 1111101011 11101101 111111111 010111 1111110111 10 101 11 10 11100 010111 1111110111 1010111 0 101 101011 1110101 110110111 1010101 011110101 1011111 11111110101 10 101 11 10 111100111 1111001 1111110100 0110001 111100111 1111101 111111010101 1110101 10 11010110101 110101 1101001011 111101 11111101 111111 11111010001 10 101 11 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, and, in, you are repeated.

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

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

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