This is an analysis of the poem The Huntsman's Horse that begins with:

The galloping seasons have slackened his pace,
And stone wall and timber have battered his knees ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcaddddededdbdbfgfgeheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001011001 11111011001 001001111101 01101001001 11111001011 101101011001 11111001001 11101001011 11001111101 111101101001 111101001001 111001101001 101001101101 11111011101 01101001101 101001101101 11101111001 001001001011 101001101001 101101111001 11011111101 11101101011 1001111110101 001011011001 001011101101 101001011101 111101011001 111001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 278
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, he, no, can, him, to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, no, to are repeated.

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  • summary of The Huntsman's Horse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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