This is an analysis of Truth by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Fle fro the pres, and dwelle with sothefastnesse,
Suffise thin owen thing, thei it be smal;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XaXaaXX XXXXaXX XXXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,8,
  • Metre: 11011101000 1011011001 1111110100 111111100 101110101 1110110111 1111000011 1001110010 01010110101 111010100 1010011011 111101001 1101101001 1111000011 1001100100 0101011001 1011111100 1101111011 111111101 1011111101 1111000011 10 1011111100 100111001 1110101110 100110010 1101110100 101111010001 1111000011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

and, thi, forth