This is an analysis of Balade by Geoffrey Chaucer.
HYD, Absolon, thy gilte tresses clere;
Ester, ley thou thy meknesse al a-doun;…
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