This is an analysis of the poem Jack Frenchman’s Lamentation that begins with:

Ye Commons and Peers,
Pray lend me your ears,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddXbbe ffbgeb ddXfhi ffcjjc kkfddh cclbbl ggbbbb ddimmX nnaooa ddbccb ddfoohXffbccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 11111 11101011 11001 11001 101011011 101011 101001 11101010 101101 110101 1010010010 001011 01001 11011011 11001 111110 11001101 111111 11011 101011010 11111 101100 111011011 10101 01101 0101101 11111 011011 111011011 11001 11001 001011011 101111 11001 110111010 11011 101011 1100111 101011 1001011 010101111 101011 11111 101001001 111001 111010 01111001 11011 00111 010011010 11011 001001 110001011 001001 101011 101011001 111010 01001 111101011 11001 11001 11111101 111011 01111 11101001 11101 011101 111011111 01011 11001 101110010 111011 11101 10101111 11001 111001 111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Jack Frenchman’s Lamentation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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