This is an analysis of the poem Vppon A Deedmans Hed that begins with:
[Skelton Laureat vppon a deedmans hed that was sent to hym from an honorable Ientyll-woman for a token Deuysyd this gostly medytacyon in Englysh... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXbXbb XXXccXXXXXca XaXaaa XXXdXXXXXXXXeXXe XXXXaff ddXdddggXbX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,12,6,16,7,11,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101011110101100010101010100101000010100101000100100100101 1110 11110 0101 11110 1111 1111 00100 0010 11110 11111 01101 010100 010100 011101 11101 1010 1001 10111 11110 1111 1110 11111 11101 10101 1111010 11110 1101 101000 11010 00110 01001 1011 11010 11010 11010 11010 011111 10110 10110 1101101 1101 0101 1011 1101100 0011 010011001 0101 11101 01111 1010 1101 1110 1010 101 1011 0100 010111 010 01
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, oure, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, oure, of are repeated.
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