This is an analysis of the poem Roundel that begins with:
In Shrewsbury Town e'en Hercules wox tired,
Tired of the streets that end not up nor down;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab babXabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110110101110 10001111111 100010111010 01101 10001111001 100010111010 10100010001 1101101101 1101011011 10010010101 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tired, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tired is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase tired connects the lines.
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