This is an analysis of the poem Gwin King Of Norway that begins with:
Come, kings, and listen to my song:
When Gwin, the son of Nore,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdcec fdgX hefe iddd Xfff djfj kXfX jXiX lddd eaca mcnc ongn Xjkj ldad kfmf fdoX kfcf lcjc jjfj ckbk jggg ghdh dnXn cgjg jkbk kfkf debe djdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110011 110101 10010001 010101 01000101 010101 11011111 010011 01010011 110111 01110101 1101 10010101 010001 11011001 010101 01011101 010101 11011001 101101 11011101 110101 01011101 110101 11110101 100101 101110011 001101 11010001 1101 11111101 110101 01010101 110101 01100101 1111010 11010101 011101 11110101 010101 1110101 110101 11001101 110111 01001101 011101 01010101 110101 01010101 110101 01010101 010101 10110100 110101 11011111 110011 01010100 11010111 10010101 110111 11010101 011111 10010101 101101 01011100 1011001 11111101 110101 11010101 110101 01110101 010101 11011111 010101 01011101 1001001 11010011 101111 01010101 100111 01011001 010101 110101001 101101 01011111 110101 01011101 101101 11011101 111111 11111111 100101 01010101 011111 01011101 110101 11110101 011101 11011101 110101 11010001 110101 11111001 101101 11011101 101101 10011001 100101 11010111 110101 01010101 100101 01010111 000101 11011101 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 116
- 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; his, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words the, like 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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