This is an analysis of the poem I Sing Of A Maiden that begins with:

I syng of a mayden
That is mak{.e}les;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXa XXXX XbXb XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 10100 10110 01111 11101 10101 11010 110101 11101 001001 11010 1101010 11101 10101 11010 110101 10110 110111 111010 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e is repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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