This is an analysis of the poem The Wife Of Bath Her Tale that begins with:

In days of old, when Arthur filled the throne,
Whose acts and fame to foreign lands were blown,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcXcbbbdddaaacccaXddddaaeeffaaacccggddaaaaaggggffhhXbccaabbiijXccggffiiiicccccddkkffbbhhbbhhllggkkaaggbbaabbcccbbddccbbffbbeeaabbmgaaXceeccnnllgXkkkkbbeebbbbeecccccckkooaaccbbbfXfddnnccbXbXkkeeaaaaddccaabbbbccbbhdcccppddcccbbbbXcjjppdhggffccqqbbllccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 546,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 23647
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4446
  • Amount of lines: 546
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, her, he, to, thy, at, for, she, you, of, his, i, my, your, chance, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, with, a, and, or are repeated.

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