This is an analysis of L'Envoy Of Chaucer To Bukton by Geoffrey Chaucer.
My Master Bukton, when of Christ our King
Was asked, What is truth or soothfastness?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabbXbX cdcddeXe fgfgbeXe dhXXhhhh
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1101010111 111011100 1101100110 1111101111 111111001 0101110010 1111001100 1111110110 1011110001 01001111010 1111011001 11001101010 1110111110 110110101 11110001100 111110111 111111101 100111011 11111011111 101111111 1011011101 0100111111 11010001001 1101010001 0101100110 111110011 10001111101 01010111010 0101111111 0010111111 111111001 0101110001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
i, he, thy, you
Anaphora
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