This is an analysis of the poem A Saxon Song that begins with:
Tools with the comely names,
Mattock and scythe and spade,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababb abXbb acacc XdXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 101111 111011 111001 01101101101 100101 101111 1001010 100101 01101101101 100111 111011 100101 110101 01101101101 1010110 1001001 1011110 1001101 101101101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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; and, his, man are repeated.
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