This is an analysis of the poem The Knight-Errant that begins with:

Keen in his blood ran the old mad desire
To right the world's wrongs and champion truth;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac Xded efef gcgc eded hihi aeae Fifi Fjfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011011010 0101111001 10011010110 11011001101 10110110110 1101101101 11110111110 01101101101 1011110010 0101101101 10101010010 1110111001 11011111010 1101011101 11110010010 1101111001 11110011110 1001011001 10011011110 1011001001 11011011010 10110010101 11011100110 10011001101 00110110110 1001101001 1101010110 1011011011 00111011010 1101111101 1011111010 1011111001 10010010110 1111011101 11111110010 01101011011 10010010110 1111001101 11110110010 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, his, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word one is repeated.

    The author used the same word down at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Knight-Errant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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