This is an analysis of To Life's Pilgrim by Geoffrey Chaucer.

FLY from the press, and dwell with soothfastness;
Suffice unto thy good, though it be small,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aX a aXX Xa Xaa X X
  • Stanza lengths: 1,2,1,3,2,3,1,1,
  • Metre: 1001110100 0110101001 1111110100 1111101101 1011111001 1111110111 1111010111 1101010100 01000011001 1011101100 1101111011 1111110101 1011111111 1111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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