This is an analysis of the poem King Goodheart that begins with:

There lived a King, as I've been told
In the wonder-working days of old,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccbddXXeeef eeefXccfaaXXgggh hhhXaaaXiiifeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 001010101 11011011 1101110 01010001 10011101 11010101 11001010 11110101 01110101 11110111 1010010 11111111 11111110 100101001 0101010 01001111 11001111 11010001 1101010 11000111 11001101 01001101 0100110 110011101 11010101 010001010 1101100 11010111 011101001 01001101 1100010 11111101 01100101 11110101 0110100 01010001 11001111 01010101 1111010 11110101 11011101 11011101 1101010 01010110 00010101 110010110 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 505
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; as, he, rich, of are repeated.

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  • summary of King Goodheart;
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  • history of its creation;
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