This is an analysis of the poem Tale Xiii that begins with:

JESSE AND COLIN.
A Vicar died and left his Daughter poor -... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,70,18,5,4,16,103,61,21,9,79,6,10,16,43,32,8,21,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 223
  • Amount of lines: 540
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, her, i, his, friend, with, in, she, sons, to, you, my, 'tis, then, so, for, by, all, their, could, when, ', from, thy, how, would, have, here are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, heard, and, to, you, when, the, pangs, here are repeated.

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

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