Of A Rose, A Lovely Rose, Of A Rose Is Al Myn Song by Anonymous Olde English: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Of A Rose, A Lovely Rose, Of A Rose Is Al Myn Song that begins with:

Lestenyt, lordynges, both elde and yinge,
How this rose began to sprynge;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXb XXXb cXcb XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001111 1010101 1010110 010111111 01011101 0110110 11111010 1110101 01010110 101111 01010101 10110011 0110101 1111001 01110101 101111 0101101 01010101 011111 10001011 0110011 01010111 010101111 10010100101 11010110 1110101 10111110 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she are repeated.

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

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