This is an analysis of the poem The Armada that begins with:
Attend, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise;
I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeddffaaeeaabbggccaaggggccccgghXaaXXXbffiiaahhffbbffjjddaaffbbffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 74,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01111101110101 11001101110101 11110100010101 01010101010101 01010101001101 11010101110101 011110011011001 1100111011101001 11110111110101 10110101110101 110111001110101 0101010101000101 100110111010101 101111011111001 00111000011101 01110100011101 01010101111101 111001011010001 11000101110101 110101001010101 11010001110101 11010101101101 11111101111011 10011101110101 11111101011101 11110101010101 110111111101011 110100101110111 11110100110101 11001010010011 010010101110101 01010111110101 11010101110101 110101101100110 01000101010101 11010111110101 11011101010111 11110101011101 11010101011101 1011010111001010 010101011101001 01010101010101 1010101010010100101 11010011010011 111101111101011 11011101111101 01001111110001 111000101110111 11011101011101 10111011010101 1111010101010010 11011001010101 01010000101010101 11010101110101 100101110101001 10110111111101 11010101110101 110100101011100 11010111011101 1101011010101001 100101011111001 11110101110101 111101011001101 1101001011110101 101101011010101 110101010010101 11110101110101 11010101010101 11110111110101 1101101011010101 11010100010101 110101011001101 110101011110101 10111101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4708
- Average number of words per stanza: 825
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, ho, on, they, from, till are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, ho, the, and, till are repeated.
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