This is an analysis of the poem The King's Lament that begins with:
Is this torturing dream or madness, do my feeble senses fail,
O'er my darkened mind and bosom doth a fainting fit prevail?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh gg ii jj kk cc ll gX JJ aa ii dX ff aa mm Xd jj gg nn oo cc gg kk bb gg jX JJ cc dX bb ii mm cX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010011101110101 1011011101010101 101011101011101 110110101011101 101010101110101 101110101110001 101010101011111 1011101010010101 1010101110100101 101110100011111 100111101010011 1001110101010101 100111101011111 10010100101010111 1110110010101101 110111101010101 111011001111001 111010101110001 101111001100101 1011101000110111 101110101010101 101010101110101 101010101010101 1010101010101001 10011101111101 111010101001011 1110110011111001 111011101011101 1110110011101010 1110101000101010 101011001110101 111110101110101 101111101011111 101110101110011 101011110110101 111010101111111 111010101010111 101110101010101 111010111010111 101010111010101 1001011101010101 111110101110101 101011001010111 101010101110101 10010101010101100 101011100011101 1001010101100101 1110100101110101 1001110101110101 111011101010101 111110101000101 1011111000010101 11101010101100111 1010001010010101 111010110110101 111000101010101 111010101111101 111011101110111 110011101111101 111010101110011 101110101100101 101010101100111 111111001100101 1110101010010101 111011101010101 111011100011101 101011001110101 111110101110101 101001111110101 1010101001010101 101010101010101 101010101010111 101010111011101 100011101010101 101110111110101 111010010101010111 1111101010010101 10100101101000101 101011101010001 1001110101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, thy, thee, my, from, or, how, me, of, o'er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, as, spread are repeated.
The author used the same words have, ask, wherefore, shall at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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