This is an analysis of the poem The Second Nun's Tale that begins with:
The minister and norice* unto vices, *nurse
Which that men call in English idleness, ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcc debfgee dXXaXhi ajajjbX kXklXbb jikmamf cabXaim XbadXnX elekXXo XalkaXj ljljjaa Xagaaee XdXbbgg XpeXpaa Xlcllkk dddbXXa lplpXlg XeoeeeX jqjqlio bdeldXp XXXirdd idmgdff lXedeaX XdeddXX cdsddkk leaeejl jpXXXee kXeldkl biXiiee eieXtXm jXjmXii Xebcehe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 78
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 554
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; that, and, of, thou, i, for, her, ye, them, he, one, this, all, in, ', thee, him, from, their, quoth, 'of, to, thy, it, stone, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, thou, that, of, nor, the, 'i, 'of, to are repeated.
The author used the same words and, 'the, 'but 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 ' 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 that connects the lines.
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