This is an analysis of the poem The Nun's Priest's Tale that begins with:

THE PROLOGUE.
'Ho! ' quoth the Knight, 'good sir, no more of this; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXaacadddbeX fdgbbhhXabijjaXggkkhXaaeeX lXgXXhghhX maXhh X dnffoojdgXfpfddnqddpdgqqgXddXfXXfXhhggffhcXXaXXXdXlfggjXrrcgr XffXddlgXXXnfXhXgdXggccXgX gsstXeedfXsXgccraddXfccdfbeqqumhhmcXoebbbmdgpsshhddXhXcXlXchhX luhggbshaXcddaXddhXrnebbhffmXhhegffeeggkh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,26,10,5,1,61,26,62,54,39,42,52,30,28,107,33,20,27,34,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1555
  • Average number of words per stanza: 271
  • Amount of lines: 683
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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, for, thou, ', i, be, in, her, she, his, my, that, of, or, this, he, him, to, o, me, thy, they, you, written are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, three, in, nor, of, that, he, murder, his, o, womane's, alas, was, they, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines away is repeated).

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

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