This is an analysis of the poem Chaucer's Prophecy that begins with:
When priestes failen in their saws,
And lordes turne Godde's laws... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbcddc X eeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010011 1101101 0101 110001011010 11001110 01101 11010100 10010 111001 10110010010110100 110101 111011 11110010 01011110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Chaucer's Prophecy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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