This is an analysis of the poem The Funeral Of The Late Prince Henry Of Battenberg that begins with:

Alas! Prince Henry of Battenberg is dead!
And, I hope, has gone to heaven, its streets to tread,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cdee ffdd ggaa ffhg hhii iicc aaff Xhii jjff hXkk iiXg ghfd hhll ffXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01110010101 111110100101 10101101 11011111 100101110101010 1101101100010101 1010011010100101 1101010101110100101 11010100011 10100101110110 110000111 1011000101101 1101011110011 101000101011011 11101010001 011110011 0110110101001110100 110101010 111010010101010010101 11001010101100001 01001101101 101001011001 101011101010110 101001000101 1010011010100 101101011010101 110101010101000 0111011101011100 010101110011 10101101101 101001010101 101010001111 110010011010100 1010110010001 111100101 110101001001 111010001011010 110101110 101000101 1010101011 1010110101001 1111100101000 110110111 11011111 0100101100101 111001010100 11010001001010001111100 111011001 110101000111 1011010001 11111010011 1110010111 110101101 100101101 110100101 11010110101 010010010101010 1101111010 1010010010010010 11110011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of, her, in, prince, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but, which are repeated.

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