This is an analysis of the poem Against Women Unconstant that begins with:

Madame, for youre newefangelnesse,
Many a servant have ye put out of grace.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaabBXaXXaXB XaXXXXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110000 10010111101 11110110000 111111111 1111111001 011110111 0101111011 1101010110 11010101101 110111101010 1011111110 11010011001 01001111001 0101111011 1101011100 1110010110 11001011100 1111111110 0111111110 11110111111 0101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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; ye is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word greene at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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