This is an analysis of the poem King Edward Iv. And The Tanner Of Tamworth that begins with:

In summer time, when leaves grow greene,
And blossoms bedecke the tree,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb acbc abdb aaef gXXb fbhX ceXX fbbX dhiX hihX XajX fXbX XXXX fXXX XXjX kXXX fXeX bXbX XdaX fliX lbXX fbiX eijX XXbX XXdX leiX XbiX ehXX XaXX XgXX XkXj XaXa hhaX XXXe lbdX XXbX jaeX XXjg XbkX XbXX XXXX fbeX XXdX fbiX beXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 1101001 11010101 111101 01111111 011101 010101101 0101001 111101111 1101001 111100110 1100101 0110101011 1101001 11010011 1010110 111110101 100111 110101010 011101 11111111 1110111 110101010 1110101 11010111 1011111 011010011010 1001111 1011010111 111111 11110101 1111101 10001001010 1111011 1111101111 111101 101101010 110101 1111111001 1101110 1011001010 1101101 111110011 1111010 111101101 1101010 010111101 11111101 111111110 0111011 10101100111 11001010 11011111 11111010 11101101101 110010110 110011101 1111110 1111001101 1111110 11111111 101111 11101001010 1101101 11011101 1111110 110101111 111111 1101100111 1110101 11111101 1101010 1101001010 111100 111101111 1110010 11111111 111111 111010111 10111110 10011111 111111 1010111110 1011101 100110101 111111 11010111 111111 111101011 110101 110101111 1101110 1111101110 111001 11111111 10100111 101100110 110101 111111010 1111110 11111101 011101 111110111 11011110 10111101 111111 11111111 0111001 010110011 100111 110010110 111101 11111110 111101 111101011 1111100 011111101 0100111 111100101 110011 101011001010 10100101 11001001 1000111 110110111 110111 111111011 1010111 0101101011 1110101 1101011001 0111111 111010010011 1111110 111111110 11110111 10101111 111111 10101111010 1011101 11111001010 1110010 111111111 110111 101101011 111101 111111101 0101010 0110101001 111111 11111111 1101001 111001011 1101101 1101111111 0111110 11110110 111111 1110100110 110101 11011111 111101 110101110 1110111 11001010101 1101111 11110111 111111 11001001011 1100110 1001010010 1111010100 110110111 1111111 111110111 1000110 11011011 0100101 1111010101 01010110 1011001010 10101111 01011001010 10101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 184
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, ', to, thou, and, i, in, he, tanner, coller, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and, 'i, the, 'a are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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