This is an analysis of the poem Ælla, A Tragical Interlude (Excerpt) that begins with:
FYRSTE MYNSTRELLE...
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XaXXXX XXXXXX XXXXbX XXXXcX XXbXXX XbXbXXB XaXXXXB cbXbXXb XXXaXXB XXXXXXB dXdeXXb XXXbXXB XXXXXXB XXXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 01010010101 0101010101 1101010101 01110010101 011001101 1101011010111 0100101100110 0101010001 10010010101 1101011110 1111011011 10111110100100010 1101011100 11011110011 110111101 1100010101 110111111 1011010110111010 1101111110 0111100101 1011001001 1010110101 110111111 110101101100101 1011011101 1101100101 1110110011 1111110110 1101011101 100110111011100001 111110 1101111 11111101 1010101 1111 10111 1100101 11110101 11110101 11110101 11110110 1111 10111 1100101 11110101 1111111 1110101 11110101 1111 10111 1100101 10101011 0010110 1011111 0011111 1111 10111 1100101 10111011 1011111 1010101 10101001 1111 10111 1100101 1101111 1010101 1110101 1010001 1111 10111 1100101 111011010 1010101 1011110 1110111 1111 10111 1100101 1110111 111011 11110111 1111111 1111 10111 1100101 101010110 1101101 111111110 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; hys, whyterre are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, o, whyterre 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.
The poet repeated the same words mynstrelle, tree at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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