This is an analysis of the poem The Flower And The Leaf that begins with:

When that Phebus his chaire of gold so hy
Had whirled up the sterry sky aloft,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbdd XXXXXbb bbXbbXX XaXaaae fgXggXX bdbXXdd haXaXbb gigeiXX XXaddXX jkjggbb bXXXXXX adcdXXX aaaaXXb lhlhhXe blblldd caXaaXX XeXaiXb hlhllff iXiXXXX abXXbXj lXXXXXb bXbXXbX XXXXckg ciciiXX hlhllXc XjXjjcX lXlXfll gXgaabb hXheXXc dXdbXjj XXdbXXX kcgcadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 86
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 596
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, i, it, so, by, al, as, for, of, some, but, s, on, hem, they, that, in, to, her, ', hir, ne are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but, a, that, some, they are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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