This is an analysis of the poem Simon Lee: The Old Huntsman that begins with:

. With an incident in which he was concerned
In the sweet shire of Cardigan, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcadedafafaXXX babaaXgh gfgdijaj efefbbcb fkfkXjaj aiaiclcl kckcXaga amamggeg fafaajfj fafaiamXXgbgbhmbm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100011101 00110100 11010101 11110101 111111 11110011 0101010 11010001 0110110 11110111 11110101 11010111 0100101 01111101 1100110 01010101 0100010 11010101 11111101 11010111 111111 11110001 1101100 11010111 1101110 11010101 01111101 11000101 010100 01011111 1001010 11110111 1001010 11011101 01010101 10110111 011111 11111101 011110 10110101 0101010 01111101 11010001 01011111 110001 01011001 0111110 11001001 1111110 11010101 11110101 11010111 010001 11101111 0111110 11010101 1111010 11011101 110101 11011101 101101 11010101 1100110 11111101 1100010 11011011 11110111 11010111 0101001 11110101 1111010 00111111 0101110 110111001 01110111 001010111 010101 010100001 1110010 11010011 1111110 1010000101 111100111 11011101 011101 11100101 0101110 11011111 11011000 01000101 11110101 11100111 110111 11010111 0101010 01010101 11001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, he are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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