This is an analysis of A Ballad Sent To King Richard by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Sometime this world was so steadfast and stable,
That man's word was held obligation;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbbXC ababbXC abXbbcC X XbXbXcc
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,1,7,
- Metre: 11011111110 111111010 1100111100 111110010 010111111 0101111100 1101110110 11010011000 111110010 11010101010 101111010 101011010 1100110100 1101110110 10111001010 101111010 101111010 110001010 01111010 0101010100 1101110110 10 1101000100 101111010 1010110100 010110110 110101000 1111110100 1111010110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
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