This is an analysis of the poem Songe To Aella, Lorde Of The Castel Of Brystowe Ynne Daies Of Yore that begins with:

To JOHNE LADGATE.
WELL thanne, goode Johne, sythe ytt must needes be soe,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XabaXcXcXX X bXbXddXXcXXcXXeXXXXeXXXXXXXXXXccXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110 11111111001 111010111 11111001101 1101010111 1001010100 111101011 1111011101 1111111101 1111011111 0101001101 1 111110001 101001000 1111111100 110000100 110101100111 11101010101 100111 100101 11111101 111101 111101 10010111 111101 100101 1000101 1000101 100011 110111 11101111 11011001 1010011001 111111 010101 1111010101 110101 1001001 110010001010 11110110 100010111 11100101010 1110101 11010111 111101001 110011011 111011001 1111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 463
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word orr is repeated.

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