This is an analysis of the poem Onn Oure Ladies Chyrche that begins with:

AS onn a hylle one eve sittynge,
At oure Ladie's Chyrche mouche wonderynge,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXaXaaXabbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 111011100 01010011 11110011 1111011 100001001 11111101 1111000101 11110100 1101110001 010110101 10010011 11010001 1110111 1111111110 010101010 1111111 11111111 111111111 111110101 111111110101 1001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 820
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; i is repeated.

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