This is an analysis of the poem From Victor Hugo that begins with:

Child, were I king, I'd yield my royal rule,
   My chariot, sceptre, vassal-service due, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111101 11001010101 111100100101 11100010101 10101 10110110101 1001010101 1100010101 1111111101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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

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