This is an analysis of the poem In Tara's Halls that begins with:

A MAN I praise that once in Tara's Hals
Said to the woman on his knees, 'Lie still.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabXbcXXddeXdXedece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111110101 1001010111 1101011111 11000101011 1001001101 0101011111 1101010101 010110101 1101111111 110110 0101 1001011101 01011101101 1101010100111 1111111101 01110010101 1101011111 10110011110 1101110101 1001010001 1001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 866
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines think is repeated).

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