This is an analysis of the poem Cuchulain Comforted that begins with:

A MAN that had six mortal wounds, a man
Violent and famous, strode among the dead; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bXb XcX cbc bdb dad aXa XeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111110101 10011010101 1110010101 1101110101 11011100101 1101011111 0111010100 0111111111 01001011111 1101010111 11011101001 1111110010 1011011101 1001011101 0100111101 1101011111 1101011101 1101010101 1111110111 1111011100 0101011101 11001110101 1111110111 1111010101 11111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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, must are repeated.

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