This is an analysis of the poem Bristowe Tragedie: Or The Dethe Of Syr Charles Badwin that begins with:

THE featherd songster chaunticleer
Han wounde hys bugle horne,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXXXXXacdeXXffefXXXXXXgXacXXgXhieXjXeXXeXchXeXcXeXXXXXeXXXXXdXhXXXXXgeXeajXjfagXdcaXkgXgXXXXXXjelfXfgXeadcXcXcXXcXbXgXXXXcmcXXXXXXeXXXXiXaeaaXnXaegeafefgeXXXjXXXeXebXXXkXiaXXgXXfXfhXXXXXXXdjXjkXXXXXXXgXXXXclXdXXXgXfXXcdcXXXXfXkXXoXofXXXXXXXXkXkhXfXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 392,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010100 111101 11010100 010001 11010110 011001 11010101 100101 11111101 11010011 101011111 011101 11010101 1101111 11010101 1111010 11001101 111101 11000101 1011011 11111101 111101 1111101 1111001 111101100 1101110 111011110 1111010 11010111 110101 11101101 111101 111111110 110110 110010101 110001 11111111 110101 1111111 111111 11001111 01011 011101100 1111001 11010101 111111 110111011 111100 11011111 110111 10010111 1101100 11011101 110101 11111111 111111 11011101 1100111 11110101 1010101 110101010 01111 10010111 101111 1011111 111111 11010111 101111 110101101 110011 11010110 110101 110111011 110101 1101010111 111101 11110111 111111 1101110 110101 11111101 1010111 111011001 1101100 1011101 1111011 11111101 101100 1101011 110101 10011101 101100 10101111 11111 11110101 1111011 101111011 1110110 1101011 100101 11110101 1011011 11111001 1101001 111111110 1101111 11010101 111101 11111101 110111 11111101 111111 1110111 111111 111101101 11110110 11011111 111001 110111010 110101 11010101 111011 11111110 11110110 10110101 110101 11011011 1110001 11110111 110110 110100101 1000101 11111101 11011 11110111 111111 11111101 111110 11111101 110101 11001001100 111111 11111111 111111 11011111 111111 11111101 111110 1101111 110011 1110101 100111 111111111 111101 11110111 110101 11110101 11011 11111101 111101 11110101 11011 1111011 11111 11111111 111101 11010001 110111 11011100 1110001 11011111 110111 1111011 111110 11111001 111101 110100110 1111111 1101111 110111 110101001 1111111 1101001100 111111 10110011 11101 1111111 110111 11110111 110101 1110101 1111111 11100101 1101111 111110001 1010111 1101101 11111 11010001 111111 11011110 111101 100111111 1101101 11110011 11001001 11110101 111101 1101011 110101 10110111 111101 11011001 110001 110110101 010101 11010100 010111 101001001 111101 11011110 110111 11110101 111111 11011110 11111 11111111 111101 1101111 10101 110101001 101110 11010101 101101 111011 111111 111101111 101101 11111011 1111110 11010011 011101 11010101 111011 11011101 111101 111100101 1111011 10010101 111101 10111101 1100110 1101111 110101 111101110 1101101 11011101 110101 110010111 111101 10011101 1101111 1011011101 11101 01110101 110111 11010101 1100010 01011001 01001 111101010 01101 1101011 11111 101111001 110110 1111101 100111 01001101 1101001 110101110 110111 1111011001 111011 1011111 010111 11011011 1111 1100111 101111 101111001 110110 11011100 110101 11100110 110101 11000101 010011 0100011010 1111110 11110011 1101111 11110111 111111 10110101 01111 011010110 011101 11011110 110111 011101111 1111001 11110101 100010 11011001 110111 1110011 110101 11100101 110111 11011101 111111 11110101 111011 111011110 111101 11011101 111101 11011101 1111111 11010001 010101 110011011 11111 1011010 111111 11111101 11101 10011101 110101 11111101 111011 11110011 1101010 1101011 1101011 01110101 110101 110110101 110101 0101101 101011 10010111 101111 11010011 11110 11110111 110111 1101100111 111111 11111101 11100 1110111 110111 111101011 010111 10011010 110101 11011111 11101 11110111 0101011 11011001 110101 110100101 111111 0111101 101101 1111111 100111 11111101 1101010 11010101 010110 010111011 010100 11111011 111110 11010101 110111 11111101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 13356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2307
  • Amount of lines: 392
  • 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; ', to, hys, and, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, 'whan, 'and, 'where, one, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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