This is an analysis of the poem The Parlement Of Fowls that begins with:

Now welcome, somer, with thy sonne soft{.e},
That hast this wintr{.e}s wedr{.e}s overshak{.e},... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXA XaXX XaaXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110100111 1101010100 1100101101 1100111111 110110111 110100111 1101010100 111110101 1101010111 110111111 110100111 1101010100 1100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, s are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Parlement Of Fowls;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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