This is an analysis of the poem My Lady’s Lamantation And Complaint Against The Dean that begins with:

Sure never did man see
A wretch like poor Nancy,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeeff ggffhhccddddXiddggjjggddffkkddcciidXllkkllcclljjccccmmnnffddmmffaaXgddgXnnhhffccgXggggnnggffffjjooddppjjhXhhgglXllllffffaaabnnddffmmccggggccddffqqllffhhXpdXgXddccffnnccggXXggddggXdffccnnooccnnfpqqXdllXXXabbrrddllddabbaffffggdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,226,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 011110 110111 101101 01011 11001 11101 01011 01001 1001 01101 111001 01101 01011 01111 01101 11001 01011 01101 11111 11011 11011 110110 111101 111111 11111 11111 01011 1111100 10110100 11111 11111 011011 101011 11001 01001 01100 111011 11001 11111 11001 011011 01011 110101 1010110 11111 1011010 0010111 11110 111001 110110 110110 101111 11101 111001 1010101 111011 01011 110110 110010 11101 110111 01001 11011 110110 110010 110010 111110 111000 111010 01001 01111 11111 11011 11011 11011 11010 11101 11111 11101 11101 11111 010110 010110 101111 101001 11001 11001 1100101 0100100 011011 11101 11101 01001 111001 01011 1110010 010110 11101 001001 111010 010010 01001 101101 110110 110010 11101 111101 11111 11101 110110 110110 11011 11011 01001 11010 101001 100101 11011 11011 101011 0010100 11111 10001 01101 01011 001101 11011 11001 01001 11101 111001 010101 111110 011110 101110 11101 01101 11110 01111 11011 101011 101101 11101 11011 01001 1111100 0100100 11101 11011 101011 11001 1110011 110101 010101 11011 11001 11001 110111 110110 01101 011011 1101100 0100100 01010 010010 1110011 110100 11001 111011 11011 11011 11011 11011 110110 011010 11001 11001 11111 01001 010010 011011 11011 01011 11011 01011 11001 01011 11010 110101 011010 110010 011010 110010 110110 110010 11111 01011 11011 11011 111010 0010110 111010 011010 010010 110110 11011 110110 11111 011001 111011 111111 111010 011111 110110 011010 11011 01101 10101 01011 11001 01001 11001 111011 0110011 111010 010110 110011 11101 11001 11011 101001 11001 11011 111110 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2764
  • Average number of words per stanza: 540
  • Amount of lines: 237
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; my, he, and, of, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on't is repeated).

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