This is an analysis of the poem Of All Nacyons Vnder The Heuyn that begins with:

[Skelton Laureate agaynste a comely Coystrowne that curyowsly chawntyd And curryshly cowntred, And madly in hys Musykkys mokkyshly made, Agaynste the... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X XaXaaXb cdcddcX XcXcXXX XeXeXXc XfXffXX XbXXbXX ebeXbXX XXXcXbX XgXggXb XXXXXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101001001010110010110010110011001001100110010010101000 0110101 0110101 1101011101 1111000101 010111011 11011011 0111100 110111111 0110111001 0101011 0110101011 0101100101 1100101101 110011111 11100100 1110101111 1001001001 100111101 010111101 1110010110 1111100111000 110101010010 1111001101 11001110001 11001111111 110101001011 1100110010100 110010001001 01011011001 110101110101 1011011111 110011001101 0100100111 110110111 11010110010 0100100100100 10110010100 11001100110101 01001010100 01101110010 110011111 0101101101 1110010011101 11111111 1100010001001 01001011101 0011111010 1001001001 11001000011 011010101 1110110111 0001011010 1101101101 1100110001101 1101111111 11010100001 01001001001 1111101001 110100101011 0110001010 111101011101 11110010011 01111101 1111110111 010111101 1101010001 10101011011 11110110111 110101010 10110110001 11001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • 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; of, for, to, hys, he, in, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words of, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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