This is an analysis of the poem A Fairy Tale In The Ancient English Style that begins with:

In Britain's Isle and Arthur's days,
When Midnight Faeries daunc'd the Maze,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcCbddeddeaabffbggffffffbaaXhhdXfdhhXiijffhaahXfXdddkXfddfeelbblffbjXbhhbddbddmiihggannaffoggoXjbkkbiilddliXhjjhaajddjjjdcCdddbppbkkkhhkllXhhiccXfffhhlkklmhgnngjjfkkfqqfddfiiXffXXdbaabjjdffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 192,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 111101001 110001 10110101 01010111 110110 01011101 01010101 110101 11011100 01011101 010101 11010101 11010101 110101 11111101 10011101 110101 10011111 01010101 100101 11111001 11010101 010101 01110111 11110111 110101 01011101 01010111 110110 11111101 11010101 0100101 11110110 11110101 110101 11010101 11011001 110110 10010111 11010101 1101001 11110101 11010111 111101 01010101 01010101 010101 11110101 01010101 010111 11000101 11010101 110101 10011101 11010110 010101 11110111 11110101 110001 11110101 11111001 010101 11010101 11010101 110111 01110101 010111011 011101 11010011 11011101 010101 11110101 11010101 011101 0111101 11010101 010001 01010111 11010111 1111010 10010101 01000111 100101 1101011 11011111 110101 11110111 11011011 010101 11111101 01110111 111101 11010111 11010111 011001 01101111 110100101 110101 110110001 10110101 010011 11010101 11010101 110101 01011101 110011101 010101 11011111 11110101 110101 01011101 11010101 110101 11110101 11010111 110101 01011101 11100101 111101 010100011 11010111 010111 11010101 01010111 010101 01011111 01010101 010101 11011101 11010101 110101 111100101 01110101 010101 101010101 01010101 110101 11010101 11110101 010011 110110101 01010101 110001 01111101 01010111 100101 11100101 01110001 010101 11011111 1101011 110111 11110101 11010111 110111 101101010 010101010 010101 11010001 11000101 110101 01010101 101101001 111111 01010101 11111101 110101 10010101 11110101 111001 1101111 01010101 010101 11011011 11010101 1101110 11110101 01010111 110110 01010110 11011101 110111 11111111 01010001 111101 11010101 01010101 110101 10110101 10011101 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1150
  • Amount of lines: 192
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; now, and, to, he are repeated.

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

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