This is an analysis of the poem No Churchman Am I that begins with:

NO churchman am I for to rail and to write,
No statesman nor soldier to plot or to fight,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb eebb ffgg hhbb Xcbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101101 11011001101 11101010001 101101001011 01111011101 11101011011 101001011111 101010111011 11001101001 11011001001 11101101001 101101011011 01011001101 11101001101 1111100101 101101001111 11101001001 01001111101 101011111001 001001011011 10011110001011 101111111011 111010111001 101101001001 01010001010011010110100 11001001101 110110001011 101101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, no, i, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word care at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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