This is an analysis of the poem Balade that begins with:
HYD, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere;
Ester, ley thou thy meknesse al a-doun; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011101 1011110101 1100111010 10011010 1011011000 1111010110 11010110110 111011110 101110011 1100110111 11001110 1111011110 111110111 11010110110 1010100111 1101011100 101010111 100100010 10011101111 110011011 11010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word disteyne at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Balade;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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