This is an analysis of the poem This World's Joy that begins with:

Wynter wakeneth al my care,
Nou thise leves waxeth bare;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXX XXXbX XXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10100111 1110101 111111 1110011 00101111101 1101111 1111110 11011111 111101 11111111 1111101 11100110 1011101 11101 1111011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; hit, al are repeated.

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