This is an analysis of the poem The Woefull Lamentation Of Jane Shore that begins with:

The woefull lamentation of Jane Shore, a goldsmith's wife in London, sometime king Edward IV. his concubine. To the tune of 'Live with me,' &c.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccDD eeddDD XXXfDD ggeeDD ffXdDD XXXXDD ccddDD XXcXDD ddbbDD XhXiDD eeccDD XahhDD jXddDD ccaaDD jjeeDD XXddDD bbaaDD kXXiDD aXiiDD iiddDD ggeeDD XXhhDD aallDD eeeeDD jjllDD eeaXDD eXaaDD ddbbDD ddaaDD ddkkDD ggffDD ddddDD XXeeDD aaXcDD eeddDD cciiDDXl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010000110111010111101010100101011 01001111 110100001 11110101 11010001 11110101 11110011 01010111 1110111 110111010 011111010 11110101 11110011 11011101 01011010 11110010 11010111 11110101 11110011 01011101 1111011 1111111 11111001 11110101 11110011 01011101 11011101 11010010 1100101 11110101 11110011 11111101 11110101 01111011 01001101 11110101 11110011 11110101 0001001001 111111010 111111010 11110101 11110011 11010101 1101011 01110101 00010001 11110101 11110011 10010111 10101101 101110101 111101001 11110101 11110011 01111010 11111101 11101110 00110101 11110101 11110011 01010111 01010010 110101111 11010001 11110101 11110011 11110111 01010011 11011011 10010001 11110101 11110011 11111011 11100101 1111011 11011101 11110101 11110011 0111101 0101101 01011101 01010101 11110101 11110011 11110101 0111101 11010101 01010001 11110101 11110011 1111001 01110011 11111101 11111111 11110101 11110011 11010111 01010101 11100101 11111001 11110101 11110011 111111001 1100101010 11011101 111101111 11110101 11110011 11110101 111100111 11110101 11010111 11110101 11110011 11110111 1111110 110011101 01010101 11110101 11110011 11111101 11010001 11000101 010010001 11110101 11110011 11010011 11011101 110101111 01011101 11110101 11110011 11101101 110110111 11111101 11010011 11110101 11110011 11010111 01110111 01100111 11011111 11110101 11110011 11100101 10111011 01011101 100101011 11110101 11110011 11010011 11110111 11010111 1101010 11110101 11110011 11110101 11011110 11010101 01110101 11110101 11110011 11110101 1111111 01011111 11111111 11110101 11110011 11011110 11011101 0111101 11011111 11110101 11110011 11010111 01010101 11111101 01011101 11110101 11110011 11110111 11010101 11011101 01111111 11110101 11110011 11111101 01110101 11111101 11010001 11110101 11110011 11001111 11011101 01010101 110010110 11110101 11110011 01111101 010011101 10010011 110101001 11110101 11110011 11011101 01011101 100110101 11010001 11110101 11110011 01011101 11010001 11111101 010101001 11110101 11110011 11011111 11010101 10011111 11110101 11110101 11110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 223
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; for, my, and, in are repeated.

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

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

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