This is an analysis of the poem Troilus And Criseyde: Book 01 that begins with:

The double 12 sorwe of Troilus to tellen,
That was the king Priamus sone of Troye,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX bXbXXXX cXXXXXX XaXXaXX deXXXeX XaXaXdd XXfXXaX XXXXeXX XbgXXXX fXXaadX XXXhhXi XfXfXXX XjXXjff XiXXXXj bXbXakk eXXjXXX kXkXjXX cecXXll XiXiXjj eXXXXXX XXXlXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXii fbXbbXX XXXXXXX XXXiXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXaX hXhXjXX XXXXXXX XjXXjXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,21,7,7,7,7,7,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 145
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 1094
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, i, to, that, han, ye, hem, and, by, in, as, hir, it, his, gan, for, on, he, ne, what, love, if, day, this, or, him, al, my, ', thee, be, they, thou, next, wel are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in, of, but, that, to, if, ne, thy, or, be, why, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, but, 'and, tho 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 rede, here, laste, wyse, ' are 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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