This is an analysis of Balade by Geoffrey Chaucer.

HYD, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere;
Ester, ley thou thy meknesse al a-doun;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,
  • Metre: 110011101 1011110101 1100111010 10011010 1011011000 1111010110 11010110110 111011110 101110011 1100110111 11001110 1111011110 111110111 11010110110 1010100111 1101011100 101010111 100100010 10011101111 110011011 11010110110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

thy, and

Anaphora

and