This is an analysis of the poem The Parson's Tale that begins with:
THE PROLOGUE.
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,29,45,1,4,18,25,32,111,1,22,21,42,24,10,16,114,11,17,41,37,16,26,63,4,1,27,31,30,19,29,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1709
- Average number of words per stanza: 306
- Amount of lines: 888
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, as, thou, i, to, and, him, of, that, way, penitence, what, sin, day, penance, which, this, springs, seed, contrition, his, ought, for, hell, them, god, reverence, their, be, other, they, each, no, more, full, it, death, end, without, order, nor, may, good, he, all, not, from, venial, great, sins, when, eke, or, if, by, at, root, clothing, poor, white, meats, goods, sometimes, man, held, hath, restraineth, also, thy, thee, oft, men, light, so, forbearing, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of, saith, shall, nor, working, from, when, sign, his, thou, more are repeated.
The author used the same words the, penitence, now 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 one, the, of, for, in, as, its, and, he, a, eke, is, pride, it, thy, be, that are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase penitence connects the lines.
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- summary of The Parson's Tale;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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