This is an analysis of the poem Of Too Much Spekynge Or Bablynge that begins with:

He that his tunge can temper and refrayne
And asswage the foly of hasty langage...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaa XXXXabX XXXXXXX XXXXbXX aXaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110110 11001001010 11010101011 1110111100 1101010100110 1011011101 01110111011 00110110101 111110010 11001111101 11110011100 0111001110 1011010111 10110101100010 11110001101 01110100010 10111010101 10110100110 111000110011 110110101000 111010011000 10111110101 1101111101 11111000011 01101101110 1001111010 11101011100 111110100110 11101010101 11111101010 11110010111 11110111010 11010001111 1111111111 1011110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, have are repeated.

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