This is an analysis of the poem Chaucer that begins with:

An old man in a lodge within a park;
The chamber walls depicted all around ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdbcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110010101 0101010101 01000010111 10111100001 1110011101 0101010101 11001110101 1100011101 1001000111 0101011011 1100011111 1101011101 01110101001 11001111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; i is repeated.

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