This is an analysis of the poem The Vision Of Piers Plowman - Part 11 that begins with:

Thanne Scriptare scorned me and a skile tolde,
And lakked me in Latyn and light by me sette, ... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,31,29,56,28,29,26,56,27,29,27,31,26,25,27,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1556
  • Average number of words per stanza: 284
  • Amount of lines: 462
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me, thi, i, ', that, of, thee, my, so, to, by, quod, it, hym, in, yow, truthe, oure, us, for, youre, as, riche, we, man, logyk, he, povere, ne, ye, knyght, psallite, thow, men, bien are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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