This is an analysis of the poem The Duke Of Plaza-Toro that begins with:

In enterprise of martial kind,
When there was any fighting,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdAaaCEffAaaCE aaaaXdAaAgEffAaAgE hXhXcdBbBcEffBbBcE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,18,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1111010 110100001 1101010 110101001 0111011 11010 1010 0010 101 0101010 00111111111 1111111111 11010 1010 0010 101 0101010 10011001 0111010 11001101 1111110 11010101 1101011 11010 1010 1010 100 0101010 01001011111 1111011111 11010 1010 1010 100 0101010 11111101 0111010 11010101 1100010 11010100 0101011 11010 1010 1010 100 0101010 0101011111 1111011111 11010 1010 1010 100 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; ha is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ha is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word toro at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Duke Of Plaza-Toro;
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