This is an analysis of the poem A Curse For Kings that begins with:
A curse upon each king who leads his state,
No matter what his plea, to this foul game,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb ccdc cede fgdg hdXd ccfc hici cXaX Xcfc jXcc Xjcj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101111101 1101010011 1101010100 1111011111 010100010010 11001100111 1101000101 11110011101 1101010100 1111010111 01010100101 1001010001 0111011111 1111001101 11010010111 1011010101 11011111101 1101011111 1101110101 1100010111 1101101111 1101110101 10010111101 1101110111 1101010101 1001101101 1101111101 1101110001 11000100111 1111011100 11100101001 10010111110 11110101011 1101110100 1001110101 0101010101 1111010101 1111010100 1101110011 1101111101 1001001111 1101010101 1001011111 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, each, their, for, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, each, who are repeated.
The author used the same word curse at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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