This is an analysis of the poem The Eve Of Crecy that begins with:
Gold on her head, and gold on her feet,
And gold where the hems of her kirtle meet, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaA bXbA AaaA cccA ccca AaaA dddA eeeA eeeA fffA XbbAXcccA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111101 111010011 101010111 1100111101 10011101 1011100 100111001 1100111101 010111101 1110110111 10101111 1100111101 111110101 101011101 110101101 1100111101 1101111001 1100101010 11011101 1100111101 010111101 101010011 110110111 1100111101 110100001 1111101011 01100110101 1100111101 0100101001 0100111001 1100100111 1100111101 11011101 01010101 11110111 1100111101 111110001 011100011 010101001 1100111101 1110111 1111011111 111110101 1100111101 111111101 110100001 11011101 1100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; gold, her, and, i, of, glory are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, ah are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word marguerite at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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