This is an analysis of the poem In Salem Dwelt A Glorious King that begins with:
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In Salem dwelt a glorious King, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababcXccdd X efefdcdcdd X gdgdhiXiXg X jhjhkckcif X eaealglgmm X ncncaiaigg X cdcdbibfhh XXcgcgmhmhgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 010101001 10010101 1001011101 100101 11011101 11011010 11010001 1001000101 1111000101 0101000101 1 011100110 11010100 1101010111 010100 01011101 110101110 11110111 11010001010 1101100111 1101000101 1 010101001 1100100101 011110101 110001 11011101 10010101 01110100 0101011100 100010101010 0110110101 1 11010111 11000101 110111101 110101 11011101 11010101 110011001 0101010100 1111010111 0101010100 1 01010101 010100101 1101010001 111101 01001101 00010001 11010101 01100100101 11001100101 1101010101 1 11011011 010101010 1011110100 0101010 111111001 110100001 11001101 1101111101 10010100101 1111010101 1 11011101 01110101 0101000101 111101 0111101 01010101 11010001 01011100100 1111011101 1101100101 1 11110101 11011001 1101000101 110101 11010111 11011101 11010101 01010011001 1111100101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; his, had, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, he are repeated.
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