This is an analysis of the poem Ælla, A Tragical Interlude - Act I that begins with:

SCENE I.
CELMONDE, att BRYSTOWE.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXXXXcXXXXXddXaXXXX XXXXeXXfgXXgXgXdXXXXXXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXaaXfdXXdaXaXXXgcgXXfXfXXb XXXXXXXXhXXiXXXXXXXbbXfbXfjfjbiXXfXXaXabiXiXXaXaXbXXXXXXfXXbXXXXajaXXfXXfXaXabXXXXXXXfebXXXXXXdXXXgXXXXXXXXXXkXXXXXfXXXdXXXXXXXXXXXaaXXXXXdXXXaXXcXXaXaXXblXXXdXXXaXXjXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,61,197,125,32,16,3,43,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 10110 0111011111 1111111001 11001110110 101111111001 1101110111 1111110110 1111111101 1111111101 1101110100 110010110111 1101110110 1111101101 111111111 111100110111 1111011110 1101111111 1111110101 11111010011 10111100111 01101111101 11 110 1 1101011111 1001010101 1111010111 111101110111 1111101101 11111101101 1100111111 0101010111 11010010111 1111111011 11010100001 1111101001 110110011 110110111010 10 1111010111 1101011111 1011011111 1111111011 1111110111 11101011110 1110110101 11010100101 1111111101 10010111001 1111110111 1111011010 1011001111 111101101110 11011111010 1001010101 110011111100 11001011100 11100111001 111111111001 1 1101001111 1100110011 110100011011 11110010110 1111010101 11111110101 1011010111 1110100111 1111011101 1011001111111 10 11111100011 110111111 1101110101 11101010101 1111110111 11111011001 01111111100 0111011111 10 1101011101 01110111101 11 11010100 10 1100111011 1101110101 11010101001 1001101001 1111011111 110111111 1100110101 11001011110 1101001101 1111001111101 1 11001111111 1111 10 1100111 1001101110 1 1101101 11111101 00100101 1110101 10 1100111 1101001 1010101 1010111 1 10111001 1010110 111111 1110111 10 1111101 110001111 101101 11110111 1 1110111 1011011 010111 1001101 10 11001111 101110 1010001 1011111 1 1100111 1101101 1111111 11110101 10 10100111 1101111 1111110 1011111 1 10101 1010111 1010110 1001101 1111111 1110101 1111101 101110110 10101101 1011111 10 1111010 1111101 11110011 1111100 1111111 1111101 1 111010 01011111 111111110 11111111 10 111111 11001111 10101 11101101 1 1011111 1111111 1110111 11111001 1 1110101 110101 10011111 11100101 1 111111111 111111101 11111101001 10 01010011111 100 1011111111 1111110110 1 1111110101 1111010101 1111 100 111111 1001 110 01010010101 0101010101 1101010101 01110010101 011001101 1101011010111 0100101100110 0101010001 10010010101 1101011110 1111011011 101111101001 1010 1101011100 11011110011 110111101 11000010101 1101101111 1011010110111 110 1101111110 0111100101 1011001001 1010110101 110111111 110101101100101 1011011101 1101100101 1110110011 1111110110 1101011101 1001101110111 1010 10011010101 10011111011 11010010101 1101010101 111110110111 110101110101 10111110011 10111101010 1110010110 1001010101 1111010101 0100011110001 1010101010 0101111101 11010101110 100110111001 1111001101 11111110101 1001001111010 110010110110 10011110 1111110110110 110110010 11011001001 110111001 11100001001 111111111 111011111011 111110110 1110100111111 11101111110 110111111100 1011010110 110110111110 110111010 110111111 110101110 11110101011 010111010 11111011001 1101100110 11101010111 1111110100 1 111111101 1110110001 11011101101 111111101 1101111111 1111111101001 101110111 11001011101 1011010101 11000101111 1111001101 11011111101 1101100111 11000010111 111100101 1101001110111 1 10111101101 1101011111 1010000101 0101110100 10 1101011111 11110001001 1111101101 11010100010 1 1111110101 1100101101001 11100111011 01011011110 1011101101 1101011000 11101011001 1111000101 1111110110 1101000110 11110011111 11111111111 10 10001010111 101101111 101011111001 1011101101 1111010101 01010011101 10101011111 1101000110 11101011010 110011010010 10 1111010111 1111100110 1110111111 010101111 111111011 1100110101 11101110101 1110001101 1111101111 01110111011 10 1111011101 11101101111 11011111 1111111011 111101111 1100110101 110010110111 1111111101 111111101 11110011111 1 1111111111 11111001001 11111111011 110111101 10 110111101 0111110011 1001110111 1101100101 111111001 11011111111 1 101111111010 10111101111 111011110 10110101001 0100111111 10111110110 1111110101 1000110101 10 1101101110 1010001110011 111111001100 1 11010100110 10010101110 1110100110 1111010110 110111101 11010011010 011010110101 10 1111111001 1111101101001 11011101101 1001001101 1 1101111010 1010111001 1101110101 1111100111 10 100111001 1101111010 1111000110 101101010101 1101110101 1111100101 1111110101 01110111101 1 1011111101 1111111101 111111011 1110001011 1111011001 110101011101 10 1111111001 1 11111111 1011101001 0101111111 110111011 110010110111 1111011101 1110110111 110111001 11011111111 10 1001010111 0111100111 101101101 1111011111 1110111110 1101111101 111111001 1111111 0101110011 10110101111010 1 1111111111 1111011111 110111011 11010111110 11011100101 11001110101 1111101111 1110101111 10 01010111101 101011111111 1 1001111101 10 101111011 101111011 1 111111011 10 1110011111 11101101 1 100111111 010101101 10 1110110101 111110101111 10 1101010101 0101110101 1110110111 1001001001 101110111 10101111110 110101111 111011110 0101010110 101101101110 100101001100 10010100001 111111101 0111110101 101101101 11101010101 110111111 010110111101 11100010111 110101111110 1101011111 1001010100 11111110110 110111101 1110110111 1110001101 10111001101 111101111 1111111101 110110110101 10111101001 0101001101 1001010111 11010110101 10111011001 1010011001 11001101101 111101111 111011 110011 111101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2527
  • Average number of words per stanza: 432
  • Amount of lines: 499
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, myne, mee, thou, bee, of, to, as, i, mie, somme, shee, there, from, for, hys, thie, he's, thee are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whie, lla, howe, rounde, the, angelles, as, thou, birtha are repeated.

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

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