This is an analysis of the poem The Canterbury Tales; The Wyves Tale Of Bathe that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a b XcXdX XcceX XceXf fccXX ffXdX XcXXX ccXXf XccXe ggXXX hXXcc XXXXf fijdX cXXXf XXXXk XiXXX cgXkX cXlXc XXXXh XXcXX XXgXk XeXXX XhhmX XcdXX XXXXc cXhXf nXmXX fhhXd XXXff cXXXf fXoXX XXhhX XkkcX XXXXn nllXf XXeXc XXXXX XmXXX XffeX kkkXc cXXXn XcXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 254
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 1225
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, that, he, and, to, i, my, his, me, hir, hem, as, for, she, no, man, we, thou, with, in, word, ye, hym, so, thise, or, wolde, ', wyf, somme, seyde, us, it, many, ne, gentil, sire, yow are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, but, of, i, the, for, to, he, they, what, somme, she, is, a are repeated.

    The author used the same words as, and, what, that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', best are 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 words/phrases freletee, i connect the lines.

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  • summary of The Canterbury Tales; The Wyves Tale Of Bathe;
  • central theme;
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