This is an analysis of the poem The Raven And The King's Daughter that begins with:
King’s daughter sitting in tower so high,
Fair summer is on many a shield.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABaBcc D eeffgg E aahhcXaa D bb E aa D iihX E jj D ee E aa D cc E bb D kk E ll D ee E Aaee D jmaagBgB E ABaBccee D gg E cc D bb E ii D gg E cc D ee E nn D bb E aammaaggbbhhgg D nneebBbBXeBeBiiaajjbbhhffcceBeB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,1,8,1,2,1,2,1,4,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,4,1,8,1,8,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,14,1,31,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001011 110011001 110110111 11011111 110100101 101111101 0110 11011101 01110111 11101101 111110101 110110111 11001111 010 110100101 1111011101 10110111 101110001 11010101 111111110 111011111 01110100 0110 11011101 101011111 010 11010111 01011101 0110 110101101 111011111 111100101 11011111 010 111100101 11110111 0110 1111011 010101101 010 11011111 11111101 0110 111011111 11110111 010 11110111 01111111 0110 11110111 11110111 010 111111011 11110111 0110 01011111 11111101 010 1101001011 011111111 010110111 11001101 0110 1110101010 11001101 11110101 01010101 11011101 110011001 0011100101 11011111 010 1101001011 110011001 10010111 11011111 001010111 11010111 1110111001 11011101 0110 11111101 01111101 010 10010101 11011101 0110 01011011 11010101 010 11010101 11010101 0110 11010111 10111101 010 01010101 1111101 0110 11010101 11110101 010 10011101 11011111 0110 11011101 0010110101 010 01010111 10010101 011010101 0011111101 11110110 10110101 100101111 111010111 111101111 010101101 11010111 11111111 11101101 10110100111 0110 11011101 1010111101 110110101 110110111 111010101 110011001 110110111 11011111 010100111 110011001 11010101 11011111 01011101 01010101 11111101 110110101 110010111 0100110100 11111101 111111101 10010111 01111111 11111101 111110111 10001101 11011101 111111101 110011001 01000101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 56
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 153
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, he, s, i, fair, feet are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word field at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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