Poem Analysis of Vox Ultima Crucis by John Lydgate for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Vox Ultima Crucis that begins with:

TARYE no lenger; toward thyn heritage
Hast on thy weye, and be of ryght good chere. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1110011100 1111100101 1111011100 1111111001 11010010101 11010101101 1111110110 10110110100
Amount of stanzas: 1
Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
Average number of words per stanza: 63
Amount of lines: 8
Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; my is repeated.

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Vox Ultima Crucis by John Lydgate: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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