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

SCENE I.
BRISTOWE.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXcXXXXXXX XXaXaXXAXdXXXXAeaXaXXaXXXdXXAXXXXXXAfXfgXXaXXXaXXAhXXXXXAXXXgXii XXXXXXXXXjXXgXXkXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX Xc XXXcXXXkXXXXXcXXXeXiXhXXXXXXXXlaaXcXXgXXXcmmXgaXaaXaXXX XXiXaXXXcaXXcXXXXXXXXXXbjXXXgXXXXX XXXXXXXXXfXXfXXXXcnXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,64,22,11,2,55,34,83,19,5,69,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 10 10 1010011111 110111111 111111001 100111111 100 1111010101 1110110001 10100001110 1101010101 1111010010 1001111111 1001 111110 1101111 11111101 1010101 1111 10111 1100101 11110101 11110101 11110101 11110110 1111 10111 1100101 11110101 1111111 1110101 11110101 1111 10111 1100101 10101011 0010110 1011111 0011111 1111 10111 1100101 10111011 1011111 1010101 10101001 1111 10111 1100101 1101111 1010101 1110101 1010001 1111 10111 1100101 111011010 1010101 1011110 1110111 1111 10111 1100101 1110111 111011 11110111 1111111 1111 10111 1100101 101010110 1101101 111111110 1010111 10 1101011111 111011001011 11 1110 1111101101 111010111 1011101111 11111001 11011101011 111111111 011111111 1101010111 110111110 11111011101111 110110100101 10000111111 11100110111 1001111001 11011111010 111111111 11001010101 1100110101 11011110101 110101111110 11 10110 01111101011 1001010111 01010010101 1101010101 0101010101 11110101101 1001011101 1011011101 11011101010 10 110101010101 10 101101111110 10 0111111001 10 011 10 1101111 01010000101 10 111011101 0110111101 10 1110010101 1110111001 0100010111 10 111001 10 101111 10 110101111 11110101101 10 11111011111 10 1111111111 110001101 11011010101 11111101 0111011101 1111100101 101011110101 10 0111111111 11000111101 1011100110 011111101 1110011111 11110111111 101111011000 1111111101 110110111 1111010101101 10 101010101 1101010111 1101100110 10001011111 1101110011 10100011110 100110101001 1101010111 11111110101 11111110101 11 01 101 10 1111011111 1001110111 1001010111 1011010010 1101110111 1111100111 11001111001 11011111011 1111101001 10001010101111 0011001110 110100111101 111011011 01001011111 111111001 1101011111 11111010111 1011110111 111101000101 1100101110101 1111110110 110110111 1010011101 0111010111 1101101001 11001110111 10010010101 1001101111 1101011111 11111111101 11 1001001 1010 10 110111101 1101010110 10010011001 11111010110 0101100101 11010100101 1101111110 10 1001010111 10 111111011 1111110101001 10 1111110111 10 110111 10 11010 11111110110 11111011010 1011011111 111110111 1101011110 10110110001 11111111110 1101011011110 10 101111011110 011111011 10 11111001111 1111101011 10 11011111111 111011111 10 111101111 110111001 10 1 1101111101 101010111110 10 11010111111 1011110110 11111011 1111111110 1111110101 111111111 1101010101 11011111101 1101010101 1111110111001 10 1111111111 101111001 10101111101 1011111111 1101111111 1111011001 1101110111 1111110101 1101110101 1101010010101 10 1011111110 11111011011 1101110111 011011101 10 11110111111 10 01011011101 1101111111 111111111 10 1110011101 111111111101 1111 10 110101 1111111111 10 1101111111 10 110111110110 10 1111101101 10 1111111111 1101111101 10 1111111101 10 101111 10 1111 11110110111 1110001111 1111010101 1111011011 1111011101 0001 10 11011 1111 10 11111 10 1 10 1101110110 1101010111 11011011110 010111010101 10 1111111101 111001111 1000111101 1011101001 010010101101 10010111010 1111111101 0101011101 110010101111 10111101101 10 1 10 11 1111010111 1111110010 01001110101 10101111 111110111 1111110001 1110010101 101111110101 1111001111 110101111111 1110110111 1011011101 111101111 1101101101 11110101010 111011101 1011011001 1011101101 0111011111 10011111111 10 110010101011 11011111001 111011111 111101011 110111110 1110001001 1111110111 1111110111 1011111101 11110111101 10 0101100101 1001110101 0111110101 110100011 11010111101 011101011 010101001 110101011 101101111 1100101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 220
  • Amount of lines: 379
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; hys, whyterre, mie, mee, i, dyd, thys, wylle, he, you, thie are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words youre, o, whyterre, celmonde, hurra, al, maie, the 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines slee, birtha are repeated).

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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