This is an analysis of the poem The Storie Of William Canynge that begins with:

ANENT a brooklette as I laie reclynd,
Listeynge to heare the water glyde alonge,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXbXXXXXXbXXXXcXcXXXXXXXXXXXXddXXaXXXdXdXXXXaXXXcXXXXXXXXbXdXeXeXXXcXXfXXcgcghXXXXXXXcXcXXXXiXiXXXcjcXXXhkXXXfXfXbXXbXbXXjXXkaaXXXXXXXXXXjjfXfXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 150,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011110 1001010110 1011001111 100101001101 1101010011 100110101111 100011001010 1100100011 11011110010 011011100 10101001001 10110010111 11001010011 0101010001 110111111 10100111 1001011101 1101101101 1011011101 1101011101 1111010111 1111010101 1111110101 1111111101 111111111 11110111110 0111011101 011100101101 11011011110 11111101001 111000111 110111111 1101111110 1111010101 110100111 110111011 1111010101 11110100111 1001010101 1101011001 100101111 0100111111 11100100101 1111010101101 1111000101 100111111 1011110101 111010111 011000111 11101111101 1101110011 11111010011 11001110101 11010011001 0101011101 1101010101 1101011111 11111011110 101111101 11111001010 11111110101 1111011111 111101011 1101011110 110111111001 1101010110 111011101 1101000101 1101010101 1100011110 1011111110 1111011101 1111001001 1111010111 0111101100 10110011111 11010110111 1011010110 11101101 1011001101 1101001001 01011011111 11110111111 111001101 110100111 10101001011 110101111 1101011101 1011011010 1011011110 11110101001 11011111 1111011001 1101011000 1101111001 1111010101 01110101101 0101000111 11001010101 111101011 111100100 1110110111 1011011001 1101110011 1110010101 1111010111 1111011011 1011111111 10010100101 1100111010 1111010101 11010101010 11110101000 1111010101 1101010111 11101111 110101111 1111011101 1111010101 0100111101 11110101110 11001010101 1011111110 010111110 11010010110 011001011 1111011111 11010111010 111111011 110101011 1111010101 11110010111 101101011 1111011101 1011011101 1101011001 11110101101 1111110111 1101110101 1101011100 101101111 1101010010 1111010101 1001010101 1101001101 1101000101 1111011111 11011010111 1101010101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6666
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1175
  • Amount of lines: 150
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, thie, and, canynge, as, hys, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, ne, in are repeated.

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