This is an analysis of the poem The Queen Of Yore that begins with:

Slowly she hobbles past the town, grown old at heart and gray;
With misty eyes she stumbles down along the well-known way;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaabbeeffgg XXhhbb cciibbXbbhhii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10110101111111 01011101010111 110101100110011 1100101111100101 1101010110001 1101010110111 11011111011101 111101011101001 11010101110101 11111111010101 1111110011101 0101010110101 11111101111101 01011101111101 11010101010101 10110111100101 1111010110101 1101110010111 11110101111101 11010101010111 11110101011111 11111011110111 1001110010101 1101010010101 11000101110111 11011001110101 11010101110001 11000101110101 1101010110111 11011101010101 110111111111001 11011111110101 11111101010001 11011101010111 1111010111101 01011101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 555
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, she, her, to, no, with, your are repeated.

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  • summary of The Queen Of Yore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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