This is an analysis of the poem Anonymous Plays:Xvi - ‘arden Of Feversham’ that begins with:

MOTHER whose womb brought forth our man of men,
Mother of Shakespeare, whom all time acclaims... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcddcee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011111101 1001111101 1111010101 101011110101 1011110101 11010001001 010110100011 1101010100 11010100111 1001111001 1100010001 1011011111 11010101010 11011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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