This is an analysis of The Merchant's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer.

'Weeping and wailing, care and other sorrow,
I have enough, on even and on morrow,'…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 34
  • Lines: 1207

Repeated words/phrases

and, i, that, ', he, they, so, not, saith, to, his, as, of, my, be, in, or, man, her, them, with, o, no, this, ye, him, she, thou, thee, for, me, have

Anaphora

and, then, they, he, i, that, her, o, in, were, the, full, what, ye

Epiphora

bond, wise, may

Anadiplosis

that, he