This is an analysis of the poem A Song Written By The Earl Of Surrey that begins with:
EACH beast can choose his fere according to his mind,
And eke can show a friendly chere, like to their beastly kind.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXXdeefXaaddggcXhhiiffeXaaXbbbjjXXddbbaaggbbaaeeffccggccXeXbccbbcceehh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 76,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111101010001 11110101101101 010111111101 1110101010101 01010101011 1110111010100 1111001110101 111110111101100 11010111110 01010101101101 110101110101 10010101110101 10011111101 01011111111110 11010110011010 11011101011101 011101110111 11011111011101 11111111101 11111011111111 111111111101 11011111110111 011101010101 1101010111101 111101110101 11001111111101 1101111011111 01101100011101 111110010001 10010110100010 110001011101 11111101110101 0101111110111 11111111110101 111011001101 11111001010101 010111110011 01011101010101 010111110101 110001011100110 101011110101 011001111111 111101110101 10011101111111 111001011001 11011100110111 110111111101 11111111110101 111111111101 110101101111101 1100010010001 11010111111011 1001111111101 11111001110011 111101111111 10110101111011 100101110101 01011001110111 110101110001 110111111111111 111111111100 01000101111101 110111110110 110101110110101 1101111111100 01011101110101 100111111010 11010111111111 111101011111 11110101110111 110101010111 01011111110111 010111111101 10111101011111 110111110001 01111111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4261
- Average number of words per stanza: 862
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, to, she, me, not, for, my, you, i, that, and, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, with are repeated.
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