This is an analysis of the poem The Wisdom Of Merlyn that begins with:
These are the time--words of Merlyn, the voice of his age recorded,
All his wisdom of life, the fruit of tears in his youth, of joy in his manhood... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc aXa ccc ddd bbb Xee aaa fff ddd bbb ggg fXf ddd hhh bbb aXX fff iii bbX ccX aaa jjj bbb fkX hhh lll ddd bbb hhh fff ggg aXa mmm bbb nnn nnn kff bbb bbb kkk kkk ggg ooo ggg iii ppp ggX aaa qqq kkf ppp hhh ggg bXb ppp aaa jjj kkk aaa bbb ggg kkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 103
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 309
- Average number of symbols per line: 77 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, and, has, who, to, it, with, its, he, no, would, them, in, thou, thy, be, on, her, our, we, that, what, thee, she, for, i, have, age, '', at, my, man, had, infinite, than, which, hast, when are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, of, to, few, friendship, virtue, we, i, the, thou, scared, what, o are repeated.
The author used the same words these, merlyn, thus, there, friendship, i, at, thou, take at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word '' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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