This is an analysis of the poem Good Counsel Of Chaucer that begins with:

Flee from the press, and dwell with soothfastness;
Suffice thee thy good, though it be small;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaabB cacaabB XacaabB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110100 011101001 1111110100 11101101101 101111101 1110110111 11110100011 111110001 0100110101 111001010 0110010101 111101001 110110101 11110100011 1101010100 01000011001 1011101100 110111011 1111111101 111111111 11110100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • 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; and, thee, thy are repeated.

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

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