This is an analysis of Chaucer's Prophecy by Geoffrey Chaucer.
When priestes failen in their saws,
And lordes turne Godde's laws…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbcddc X eeee
- Stanza lengths: 9,1,4,
- Metre: 11010011 1101101 0101 110001011010 11001110 01101 11010100 10010 111001 10110010010110100 110101 111011 11110010 01011110
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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