This is an analysis of the poem Call Not The Royal Swede Unfortunate that begins with:

CALL not the royal Swede unfortunate,
Who never did to Fortune bend the knee;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaXbbacdedce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010100 1100010101 1101010110 0101110111 110010111010 1110010101 1101010001 1101010101 100010111001 1011000101 11111101001 1101000101 0101111111 0101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; his is repeated.

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

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