This is an analysis of the poem The Madness Of King Goll that begins with:
I SAT on cushioned otter-skin:
My word was law from Ith to Emain,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabcbcddXD aeaeaeaeffdD ghgiaaaabbdD eeXeejejhhdD aaaabcbcbXXD ahahigiXkkdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 111101010 11110100 0100110010 11101101 01111111 01110111 01100101 110010101 11110101 11010101 101101010110111 11111111 010101110 10010101 0111101010 11110101 11110101 010111001 110010001 11010101 11000101 111100101 101101010110111 11011101 1100010010 01110101 0101010010 11110111 01111101 11011101 11011101 11011101 11111111 11011101 101101010110111 11110001 11010101 100101000 01010101 11010101 010010111 11011111 11111101 01111111 11010111 01111101 101101010110111 11010101 110000101 11011111 10000101 11110111 01000101 11101101 01010111 11000101 01010100 110101010 101101010110111 11111101 10110111 11010101 11110101 1111010010 010011101 0101010010 11010100 101101111 11110111 11011101 101101010110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 449
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word old at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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