This is an analysis of the poem Balade In Praise Of Chaucer that begins with:
Master Geffray Chauser, that now lyth in grave,
The nobyll rethoricien, and poet of Gret Bretayne,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10101011101 01010001100110 110101001001 1111110110 11101011 01110011100 00101101100 010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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