This is an analysis of the poem Full Oft Doth Matt. With Topaz Dine - In Chaucer's Style that begins with:

Full oft doth Matt. with Topaz dine,
Eateth baked meats, drinketh Greek wine:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 10111011 110011100 111111110 1111010110 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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