This is an analysis of the poem Knoledge, Acquayntance, Resort, Fauour With Grace that begins with:

Knoledge, acquayntance, resort, fauour with grace;
Delyte, desyre, respyte wyth lyberte;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbX XcXcXXX XdeddfX XXXbXgg XXXXXXX XXeXXcX XXXXXff X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001101 101010110 1011100111 10101001 101100100 0110010001 10010100110 1000100010 110100100111 0101010010 10010010101 1001011110 101000100111 01010010101 0101110010 11011010101 100101001101 010011100101 1010011101 11001001000100 10010101000 1001011011 10001100110110 10100100101 110111011 110010110010 11010110001 1001101101 0111011100 011010110 011101100 1101110111 10010100101 110011100111 10010101111 110110011 1100111010 1011010111 1011101110 11111111110 111111111 1010101101 1010011100 1010110100 110010011100 11011001110 1111010100 11110100101 0111010101 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, theyr, to, youre, and, my, ye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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  • summary of Knoledge, Acquayntance, Resort, Fauour With Grace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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