This is an analysis of the poem Geue Place Ye Louers, Here Before that begins with:

Geue place ye louers, here before
That spent your bostes and bragges in vaine: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb XXbXXX XXcbdd XbcbeX XbXbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1111011001 1101101 010111110 11010101 11010101 110010111 11010001 11111101 1011010 11011101 11011101 11010111 01010101 11110101 01011111 010101111 11111101 11110101 010100101 11111101 11111101 10110101 11110110 11011001 00010111 01111101 11101101 10011111 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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