This is an analysis of the poem Palamon And Arcite; Or, The Knight's Tale. From Chaucer. In Three Books. Book I. that begins with:
In days of old there lived, of mighty fame,
A valiant Prince, and Theseus was his name; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccddaabbbeefffffccgX hhiiXcfffhhhccbbeeeeffggjjeekkccelmmcckkggjjffeljjcceeffjjjjelbbccbb hhgghhggjjbbeebbggnnhhgXooelffppccccbbjXff ccbbbb ffffbbaabbngffcXffggee bbbfb eecchheeqqjjeeggbbffeeX bbhh bbggrrbbXpgg ffXieebbbhhffcccmmccbb ffXl ffbb ffccelh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,68,42,6,22,5,23,4,12,22,4,4,45,15,14,41,6,7,14,20,34,9,22,38,34,7,38,31,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 938
- Average number of words per stanza: 167
- Amount of lines: 610
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; of, he, with, their, and, to, his, my, thy, we, how, she, in, our, i, they, had are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, with, the, and, or, nor, he, one, so are repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 so connects the lines.
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