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

OCTOBER: Ægloga DecimaPIERCE & CUDDIE
Cuddie, for shame hold up thy heavye head,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXba XcddXdX effXfe ebXXbXb ghhghg XXffXXX eXiXcbc jiijij XjjXjX XXXXXXd XaXfXf Xeekbk XXcXXX ebXibib XXiiXXX eXddXdf XelXXla XXXeXX mccmcX XaXX eXX Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,7,6,7,7,6,6,7,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,6,6,4,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010100010001 11111111 1111010101 1101110101 10110101001 01001010101 1101110111 10 1111011101 111101010111 111111011 1100111111 1101010011 1111110101 0101011101 0110110101 1001110111 1101010101 1101010011 101101101 1 101010101 0101110101 1111000010 0101010001 1101010011 10011110101 1111011101 1101010111 1011110101 1101010101 01010011001 0101010101 1 1101010101 1101110101 1101110111 11011010101 1101110001 11101110101 1 0101011101 1111100101 1101010101 1101110101 0101110101 1110010101 1111010101 1101110101 1011010101 1011010101 1001011101 1101100101 1101010101 1111010011 0111001111 1101110101 1001010111 1111010101 1 0101010011 1010010101 1011110101 11001010101 11010101101 11010010101 1110001001 110101101 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 01101111 110111101 1101010101 0101011101 010110011 110100101001 110010101001 101101001 1001110110 1011010101 1101010010 1101010110 110111010 1 110110111 0101010111 1101010011 11101011101 11110011001 11111101001 1 1100010111 1101111101 01010101101 11010110101 1011011110 1111111111 1 1111111111 11011100101 11001011101 1111010101 1101010001 1101110101 1 1101010101 1101010101 11111101110 01010101100 1110110101 01011111001 110101011 1101110101 11010111101 1101010101 1101010101 01011110111 111110111 1011001001 110100111 1111011101 1101010101 0110000100 11110101001 1110101101 11110101110 1111011101 1 1111111101 11101010100010 100100010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; in, and, i, of, his, it, to, so, as are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cuddie connects the lines.

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