This is an analysis of the poem Battle Of Hastings - I that begins with:
O CHRYSTE, it is a grief for me to tell;
HOW manie a nobil erle and valrous knyghte... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXbXc dXXceXXbXe XXXXXXXXXf gXgXXcXcXX XXXXXXXXXa XeXeXXhXXc XcXXXhXXii XXXXjbXXbb ehehkXkXXc XXaXgXgXii XdXdelXXgg XXXXXXXXgX XjhjXXXXhh cXXXXXXlXX XjXjcXXXii bhXhmXXhgX XXdXXlhlXX cXchXbmbgX XcacehehXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXhkXkXX XXnXlXlXXX fbXbfXXXgg XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 57
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 437
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 564
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, han, to, his, thy, arrowe, it, and, he, of, as, hym are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, where, as, a, upon are repeated.
The author used the same words and, then, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase backe connects the lines.
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