This is an analysis of the poem Gentilesse that begins with:

The firste stok, fader of gentilesse --
What man that desireth gentil for to be... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXX XaXXaXX XaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100100 11110010100 11001110101 1001110101 110101010 1101010111 10111110 011110100 100111011 100111100 100101010 1101110111 101101111 10111110 111010110 1111111111 100101001 1010010101 100110010 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; to, and, his, of, he, may, that are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Gentilesse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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