This is an analysis of the poem Introit : Vii. The Poet Captain that begins with:

They called him their king, their leader of men, and he led them well
For one bright year, and he vanquished their foe,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddede fffgcccgcf ehehiiccddjdj aakkjccjeee flfl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,13,11,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111111100111101 1111111011 101101111 10100010111 11001111111101 11101001001001 111101110101 1101001001 01011101101001 11100101 111011111001 1100101110101 111110110101 1111001101101 111101111101 1101110101001 1001101 1111011001101 101111 11111100101 1110001111001 10111010101 0111001000101 1101111101 000111111 11010110110101 111011111011 11111100101 111111100101 101101111101 110111101011 11001010111 10001110100101101001 111011011101101 1010100110001 111101100101 100111111111 1101010101 11101110110111 11010110011011 11001011111001 1111010111 10110111001101 0101010101001 110010111111111 1111100111 1111101010 10101100101 11101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 516
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, in, he, with, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, their are repeated.

    The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines again is repeated).

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