This is an analysis of the poem The Chapel In Lyonesse that begins with:

SIR OZANA.
All day long and every day,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X AXab aaab cccc dddc eeef gggf ddde EDeX e c D Aaag eeeX ccch iiih jXjc eeec I bbbb kdkd lXlm X memeee EDeX e i I Xaan D agagXbnba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,6,4,1,1,1,4,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1100 11111001 01010111 011101011 111101 1000111 11011101 11110111 010001 11010111 11010111 01010101 111101 11110111 10111111 01010111 011111 10011101 11010101 11011111 111101 01011101 11010111 11110101 011101 01111111 11010011 11111111 111101 100000101 100101 11011011 0111110 11110100 11 1101 11111001 1010101 11100111 010101 1110111 1111111 0010101 10111 1110101 01010111 0011101 10111 1110111 1110101 1010101 00101 110100101 010011011 11110101 110101 01110001 110100001 01011111 11101 11 11010101 11011101 11110101 11010001 11110101 11110101 11111101 11111111 11100101 10111110100 110111101 110110111 1100 11111101 11110001 11111101 11101101 11111101 11111101 100000101 100101 11011111 0011110 11010100 11 11 1011100 1111011 1111111 1011110 1101 10011111 010101 11111011 110101 01010001 1101000 10100011 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words all, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Chapel In Lyonesse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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