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

SCENE I
MAGNUS, HURRA, and HIE PREESTE, wyth the ARMIE, neare Watchette.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXXXXcXXXXXXXddXXXXXX XXbXXXXXXECFXXXbXXXXXXECFXXXdXdXXXXXXbXgdXXXXXXhXXXXXdaXacXbXXXXXiXijXXeXeXXXbXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXiXXXXXXXXghbkhkXXXXeXXlklkXXkXaa XXXiXjXbhXdiXXcXXXXXgbgXX XiXXXhXbXXXddXXXgbdXaX XXXXXdXceXeeXXXXckXXXXcXchhhXhaaXaXXXXXXXXXXXddcXcXcaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,125,25,22,112,42,77,32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 1010111101110 10 110100001010 0101010001 1011011101 1101100101 1110 111111 10100111 1111110 01111001 100101110 100010001 1010110 1000100 1010111 1001101 1011110 1010101 0111110 1100111 1111100 10100010 11001011001 111101101 10 1111011101 1111010101 10010100110 1101011101 1101010101 010101111 1111010101 11010010111 111101101 110110010101 11001011001 111101101 10 1111011101 1111010101 10010100110 1101011101 1101010101 010101111 1111010101 11010010111 111101101 110110010101 10 11011101111 1100011111 1101010101 0111111111 10110111011 0111011111 1101010100 11010010011 101111111 1101101111101 10 1101010111 1111111 11010101111 1111011001 1110000111 1011101101 11011001001 1110110111 1101111110 101111011 10 1111111110 1111111111 10011110111 1001011110 1111010101 1111111111 111101110 1111011111 1110011111 110101110111 10 1011111101 11011101101 111101100111 1111011111 111011001101 1101111111 11011111 101101111 1111101101 1110101111110 10 1111010111 111101110 111101011 1111110011 111111100 011100100101 111101011 10110010111 0101111010 101111010111 10 10010101101 10001011011 11110100111 01100100101 11011010011 0101001001 1101011110 1111010010 110011100110 1111010101010 1111110111 0111010111 10 1101010101 11111101 1111110111 1111111101 1111010101 0101010101 11001011110 110101110011 111111111 10 11100111 1111000101 111111101 10001011110 11011111001 1111001011 1111010011 1101011011 111111111100 10 11110111111 0101011001 1101100101 1110111111 1101110111 1111110111 11110010111 1011111101 110110111 1111001011011 100 1110011111 1011111110 1111000101 111101010 1011111110 011110101 10 11100 100 11010110101 1011111101 10 1101101111 110111001 11101111111 1110111111 101101101 11111010101 1111111001 101101111 10 11001011111 10 111001100101 10100 1011110101 1101111 010110101 011100111 011110011 11110 10 1111 1100111101 10 111111101 111111011 011111101 1111110101 1111110110 01010000011 10 100101100111 1011010101 1111110111 11111010011 11 1101110 1 11011100110 1110010101 11001010101 0101000111010 1111111111 1111010101 1000010101 1110011001 11110101101 10010100101 110111111 1111111001 1110011101 110100110101 111111011101 111110111110 1111000101 11100101010 11011101110 11011011101 110101101110 10111100101 111111111 1011010010101 110111001 11000110101 1101011101 110010101001 1110011101 1101110101 11001100101 1110110001 11111011001 11101001101 11010110111 1111010101 11010101010 1111011101 110010101001 1011100101 111100011 1001010111 111101011 110101110101 11101111111 010111111 101011111 1001110001 111101111 1101010101 0110101 111101111 11010101001 11110101101 1011011101 101101111 11010100111 11011011 1111010101 1110111101 01010110110 1101010101 1001101111 111100101111 11111110111 1111110111 01001111101 11110110111 111111101 0111011011 11010011101 1101010011 1110110111 1111111111111 10 11111111 1101010111 111110101 1111100101 10 11101010011 1111110111 111110001 110010101 100 0111111010 101101101110 1 110011011010 111111101 11011101100 1111011101 11010111101 11010110010 01001010111 100101011010 1101110101 101010011101 11000110111 101011011 1011011101 11010010101 1111101111 1111100111 1110101101 1100010001 10011101001 0101010110101 10111011 11 11110 11 1111100111 0100111111 1010110101 1111010001 101 110110011101 111111011 11100111011 11111011 1111110110 1111101011 11 1001010101 1110010111 111101011 11010011101 01010010101 1101101001 0101110110 11100110111 1011110011 1111001110101 10 11010101001 1101010111 1001011101 11010011111 1011010101 1001010101 0111110111 1101111101 1011010110 110100111101 1100111111 11111100010 101010010101 1101000101 11110101 111110110110 11 10110 1101110101 0111100101 101100101001 100101110111 1111110111 0011110111 010110101 010101111 01010011001 1101111101 11001111101 1001011101 0101100101 111001110101 1110110110 11110101011 1110010101 1110010101 110101111001 1101110010 0101011101 1101111010 1101000101 11010100111 11011011101 1110110110 101001011 101100110101 0111011101 11110010111 1011110100 10110101 11111101 1110010101011 0011010101011 11111101 11010110101 11101111 1111010111 1110111101 110111111 100110111001 111111111 111111110111 111100111011 1011101101 111011001 11110101 110111101 111111111 1001100101 111101111 110110011 11111000101001 1101010101 1101110111 10100101101 10011011001 101101110 110011001001 11110100101 110101111 0111010111 11110110101 0100101011 1111010101 1111001001001 1101101101 10100101001 11010010110 110011011 1111001011 01011111 0101001011001 1101 10 01011 11110111101 11100010111 10010000110 1101011101 1101111111 1111111101 1110110101 1101110101 111101011111 10 111011101 11011100101 11101101101 1001011101 11110111011 1101110101 1101011101 0111011101 111011111 11010110101 1010011110 0110011111 111100111 10110111101 01001111001 01101011 11101011111 0111010101 111110001 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2550
  • Average number of words per stanza: 423
  • Amount of lines: 459
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; yee, of, thie, thou, mie, yn, maie, to, i, wythe, as, wylle, oure, lyche, bee, youre, dydde, heere, hys, botte are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words magnus, mie, maie, thou, the, lla, lyche, go, echone, hys, heere, swefte 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.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase magnus connects the lines.

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