This is an analysis of the poem A Proper Trewe Idyll Of Camelot that begins with:

Whenas ye plaisaunt Aperille shoures have washed and purged awaye
Ye poysons and ye rheums of earth to make a merrie May,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXX ccXdeXeeXX ffgXhhXXaXXiXXXXXX eejjeeXX ggdddXkXaaXXiiXXXXllddgg XXeX ffXXjXXXfX lXmmkkhhnnkkaX nnXXllaaeeXlaaffkk ffjXjXeeiibbggXl ggkkiilliiaalXiiiidd XllljXlXiigg XlllkkeelX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,18,8,24,4,10,14,18,16,20,12,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010010111110 11011101010101 11010011110111 11001001011001 11111101111110 01010111111101 11111101110101 11010101011101 1100101000100100 01110110110101 01011011111101 110111001100101 11010101110101 01000011110101 0101010110101 11010101111101 01010101111111 11010101110101 11110101110101 01001001100101 11010011010101 01111100010101 10011100010001 110111011010111 10111011011010110 111110111111010 11110101110001 101011111111111 11011101111101 11110101110111 111101001111111 111111011101010 11111101000101 11110111011101 110011101111111 01110100111101 11011100111101 11111100110101 111111011100001 11011101111101 111111011100011 01111111110101 101101011011 11010101010111 101101111001101 11110100001001 01010101110101 11010101011101 01110101011101 11011101111101 01111110010111 11001101101101 01110101110111 10010101101101 11111101110111 1111101011111 11110001110111 11010111110101 11110101110111 11010010111101 11111111111111 110010111010101 01010111110111 010011101101111 111101111100101 11111011110011 111101101010111 1000101001111010 11111101110011 11011101111101 111101010110111 11000101111111 111111111110110 1101101111110110 101000011011011101 11110111010111 01011001111101 11101101010101 11101100110111 011111011111110 111100101010111 11011101110111 111010100011011 01010100000101 11011101110101 11011001110011 011111011011101 111101110100101 110101111001110 01010111100110 11101100110101 01110101010101 011111011111101 111011111010110 101101111100110 010101011111110 11110010110101 110010100110001 11011101101101 11010100110101 11000101010111 110010101101111 11110101110011 011100100001101 11110101010101 110101011101001 110101001010101 10110101111101 1011001101110010 111011111101110 11110111110101 1001011110011 11110011011101 11011100010101 10010100011101 11110101110101 11111111010111 111111001110111 10110101110111 11011101110001 11110101110111 01010101110111 111111111101110 110111011011110 11110101110111 111100110010111 110111111001010 010011011111010 11110101111101 11010111110111 11011001110011 11010100110101 1101010101101 11010111110111 10110011111101 11011101110111 11000101110001 01111101010011 11001000111111 11010110111111 11110011110011 111101111110111 011010110101 11010111010101 11111101111001 11111101010111 11110101111111 1101010111101 10010011010101 1101011011111001 11000101111101 1011101111101011 11010111010111 11111101110100 111111001001111 10001110111011100 11110101010110 11110100010101 110011101111111 111111011100001 11111101000110 11011100010111 11110111101101 01110011111101 11011100110111 11010101111101 11111111010101 11001101110111 1010111101001011 0101110101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 790
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 170
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye, of, ben, and, that, his, eye, winke, he, you, her, him, to, soche, she are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ye is repeated).

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