This is an analysis of the poem The Shepheardes Calender: March that begins with:

March: Ægloga Tertia. Willye & Thomalin.
Willye.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaXbbX XccXXbX XXddXXXbbXeeX XXbf Xeef XXdXgXX XgghXXh XXXXXXXaXcXXcddh XbbX XXXiddXXdiXXiXXbeeXhXgeXgXhXbXdbbbgXbXXXjjb XbbhggXbbddddkkd XXX Xjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,7,13,4,4,7,7,16,4,43,16,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101100 1 10011011 1101001 111010 01011101 11100101 1101010 100 1011101 110110001 11001100 011100010 010101001 111010 1 1111101 110010001 110101 101101110 1111011 110101 11110001 11010011 110001010 10110101 1110011 1111011 100 1111110 1111101 1001101 1 11111001 11110101 111001 100 11100111 10011011 01001011 10111111 0111110 0111111 1 10011111 11010101 1001111 11111101 01011111 11010011 100 11110011 11111101 1100110 110010110 1110101010 1101001 011111 11010111 1110001 1110101 1011010100 1111111 11110111 11111100 11111101 1 10110101 10011011 11101111 100 0110101 110011101 1101010 11011101 01110101 1101010 1101111 11010101 1101100 11110101 100010101 1111110 11010001 1101011 11011 1001111 11010001 1100101 01110101 010101111 1101001 0101101 11011111 1101111 1101110 11110111 1110110 11111111 1111101 111101 1111111 01011101 110101 100101101 11111101 010101 11110001 11110101 1101100 11010111 11000101 11111010 1 1001111 1011101 1111010 11111101 1111101 101110 01000101 1111001011 1011010 1111011 11111111 1111010 11010101 110101001 11011010 1010 0011101 0101011 10010 01010101101 010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; haue, and, it, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or, i, with, and are repeated.

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