This is an analysis of the poem Love In The Age Of Chivalry that begins with:

FROM PEYRE VIDAL, THE TROUBADOUR.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcaccbdbecXcbfcfdXcXaeXeeXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 011101010 0100111 11010100 110101 11111011 010101 11110101 011101 01011101 0100101 110101010 011101 11010001 010111 110101101 1100101 01010101 0101001 11000101 010100 11010100 110101 101111110 010101 10010111 010101 01010011 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.

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

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