This is an analysis of the poem The Shepheardes Calender: August that begins with:
August: Ægloga Octaua. Willye. Perigot. Cuddie.
Willye.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XaXaXXXXXXbXbXXXXcXcXXddXXbXbXeeXbXbXffXfXXXX XagXgeeXgbXgbXXXXfhXXh XXXXiXdcXXfcdXdXjXjbXXeXdXdXbXbXXXXXdXXbeXXgbXXbjXjXbXbXfffXdXdXXXXXXXXX XfbXX XdX XXXXf XXX XXX XXkXk XXX idXdX XddleXbXbbleXbXXbleXbbXbleXXbXbleeXbXXlebb XXkdk Xaf XX XX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,45,22,72,5,3,5,3,3,5,3,5,42,5,3,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011001 1 111001101 10001111101 110110011101 1101111001 100 111010110 1111110110 1 101111110 1011100001 11010101001 01011011101 100 111111011 1110110110 1 1010111001 11111001100 1111111101 11111011010 100 1101111011 1111111101 1 111001111 101111001 1101001111 1110110101 100 1111110111 10101110011 1 1110001111 0101000101 01010010011 0111011011 110101011 100001011 11001001010 1111100101 010100001010 1100100111 111011111 1101010101 100 1000111101 0111111010 111110101 1101110010 1110010011 1011011101 1 1011010010 1111010111 100 1110101110 110110011 1 110100111101 0110010101 100 1011011111 101101011101 1 1111110101 101110101 1001110101 111100 111010101 11100100 11010110 111011 101110111 101010101 111010100 111100 11010101 11110101 11100101 111101 11001011 10101101 1010010111 111100 1011000111 111010100 111011101 111101 111101101 11111001 11010011 111100 111110101 11110101 11101111 111011 110010111 111001101 1110101010 111010 101010110 11111010 111110101 1110100 110100111 11100101 101001101 111010 1100111101 11111010 110010101 111100 111010111 10101001 110101111 111010 1111111111 110010010 111110111 111011 111111011 11111101 11100100111 111101 11101111 11011010 1101100111 1111001 110111001 1111001 111110101 111011 111111111 11101001 111111011 111100 11111101 11101100 1 1010110111 1010100001 11011010 110010110 1 1011111011 101011010 1 1011111110 111010101 11100111110 0100101001 100 100011001 11111010010 1 101110111 010010110101 1 1111010110 11010101001 01001101100 1101111101 100 110111101 010100011 10 1011111000 0101010110 1101111101 1101110001 1 11011111 11110110111 110010110011 0111010111 1100111011 1011010101 11001111101 110110100101 0101011101 011111101 0101010011 01010011001 1101111101 110011001101 110010010101 111101111101 1111110111 1001101100011 1111111101 1101111111 0101101101 0101111111 1111111101 0101011101 11110011101 1101011101 1100011111 1011101011 111111011 0111110101 1101010101 111011111 1110110101 010011111001 1001000111 111110101 011110110 010001101101 1111111101 0111011101 1111011101 100 110100101 1101110011 11110101 11000011101 1 111101011011 0110111001 100010 01010010 1010 10110 1010 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 475
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 228
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, as, my, i, that, cuddie are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, perigot, the, let are repeated.
The author used the same word perigot at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines augment, sleepe, cryes, sound are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase perigot connects the lines.
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