This is an analysis of the poem Piers Plowman The Prologue (B-Text) that begins with:

In a somer sesun, whon softe was the sonn{.e},
I schop me into a shroud, as I a scheep wer{.e};... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXX XXXXXcaXXXXXX XXXbXXXXXXdXXXXaXXXXXXeXdX XXdXdbXXX XXXXXXXXXX bXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXef XXXdXX XXaXXX XXXXXXXXfXeXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,26,9,10,19,6,6,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101011101 111000111010 0101110010010 1110011001 10011011010 1100100111 111010011101 100111011 11111101101010 11000101111 11110010010 1110010011101 111100000111001 110110110110 0111001011 0111111001 01110111110 01100101101 1011010110 110100110110 01010101011 110111001010 111010110001110 010001010100 010010101011 1101110011 011011011 110110011010110 101010001010 111001011001 11101001001 111001111110 11100101101 1110111011 11011001010 101100110110 1101111010111 111001111101 110010001010001 1011011010 111011101010110 10011111011 010111101 110101001001 11110110 1001101011000 1011111011 10101101011 11010111110 1001110101 100100111010 1101111101 10010101101100 1110101001101 111110110 10011100110 1001011010 1100011011 11001010101110 110111010100 1100010101101010 101011000110 11001111100 01101101011 110010011010 11101010010 11101110011 0101101010110 0101101111001 11011001001 11010010110110 110010010110 111011100010 110101011010 1010110111010 01110101001 0011101010110 10101101001010 1011001011111111 10011010100110 1110111101001 010101111001 01111011001 11011001001 1011001011 101111001 1110111001101 11010100111010 11001011110110 1111011100010 1010010011010 100001101100010 010111101 1100101101100 011000101010001 1011011110 11011001111010 10101101 101001100010 1010011001 10101101010 10110111101 1101011010111100 1011111011 10111111110 100011011 0101011010 001100100101 101110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 685
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; e, in, i, me, and, de, of, s, to, for, his, parisch, that are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ther 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 e, s are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word e at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Piers Plowman The Prologue (B-Text);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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