This is an analysis of the poem Cleveland Lyke-Wake Dirge (Traditional) that begins with:

This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Every nighte and alle; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX XXaX bXXX X bXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 100111 10111101 110111 11010111 100111 010111011 110111 0101101011 100111 1111101 110111 0101111101 100111 0101110011 110111 010111111 100111 011111011 110111 01010 011111111 100111 010101011011 110111 010110111 100111 010110111 110111 0111110101 100111 0100110011 110111 011011 100111 10111101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, nighte are repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Cleveland Lyke-Wake Dirge (Traditional);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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