This is an analysis of the poem The Canterbury Tales; Epilogue that begins with:
Part 17
EPILOGUE... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X aaXXX XXbcc XXddX XXXXX XbXXX XXXee aXXXX XbXXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 101 0100010010010100 111011101 1011110111 0101110110 110111110 10110110100 1001010110 1001111 1011111111 1100101010 0101010010 111111111 1011001111 011011101 11111111 1100110101 000101101 11001110011 1101111101 11110011100 1100111100 1100110110 1111110101 111111011 110101110 1111111101 1111111101 111011010 11011111 11001011101 111110011 110111001 1100110011 1111110110 1101111110 111111011 11111100010 1110010101 111110110 1111011111 1111111010 1110111111 01110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, thy, i, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' 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 allas connects the lines.
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- summary of The Canterbury Tales; Epilogue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Analysis of The Merchant's Tale
- Analysis of The Franklin's Tale
- Analysis of The Canterbury Tales; The Seconde Nonnes Tale
