This is an analysis of the poem Fergus And The Druid that begins with:

Fergus. This whole day have I followed in the rocks,
And you have changed and flowed from shape to shape,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdebfCcgcdehCXicgdajcaddbXXcdXcfiXdfihj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100111110001 1111110101 1101011101 1001010111 0101010101 1111110101 01111101001 101111001111 100111110101 1101001111 1111010101 1101110011 0111011101 01010101110 101111001111 100111110101 1101110101 11011111001 00110001001 1111010111 1011110 1001101 1101010101 101111111101 1111111101 01010010111 1101111111 100101010100 1101000101 101011010101 1001110111 1011111101010 0101110101 0110010101 0101011101 1111010101 0110010101 1111010011 1111110101 11010111010 1100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1816
  • Average number of words per stanza: 355
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fergus connects the lines.

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