This is an analysis of the poem Vigil Strange I Kept On The Field One Night that begins with:

Vigil strange I kept on the field one night;
When you my son and my comrade dropt at my side that day, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbeceacXcXdXXcfacfecad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110111 11111111111111 11111111101001111001 11011011111111101 11011001001001010 110010100111011111 11011111111101001010100111010 11100111000111010011 11110101110011010110 1010110110010101 1101111001111111 110110001011111011011 1011001011010011011101101 100101111011111110 1101001011011101 10101111111111111 110011111110111110101 111010000101110101 111110010010101 1001011001001011100101 11111110101110010011110100 10110101100111011 1011001010100111010 10111101101100111110 11001111011010010 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2001
  • Average number of words per stanza: 363
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 76 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, one, my, in, long, vigil, you, and, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, vigil are repeated.

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