Analysis of Virelay
Geoffrey Chaucer 1343 (London) – 1400 (London)
Alone walking
In thought plaining,
And sore sighing;
All desolate,
Me rememb'ring
Of my living;
My death wishing
Both early and late.
Infortunate
Is so my fate,
That, wot ye what?
Out of measure
My life I hate;
Thus desperate,
In such poor estate,
Do I endure.
Of other cure
Am I not sure;
Thus to endure
Is hard, certain;
Such is my ure,
I you ensure;
What creature
May have more pain?
My truth so plain
Is taken in vain,
And great disdain
In remembrance;
Yet I full fain
Would me complain,
Me to abstain
From this penance.
But, in substance,
None alleggeance
Of my grievance
Can I not find;
Right so my chance,
With displeasance,
Doth me advance;
And thus an end.
Scheme | AAABAAAC BCBDCXCE EEEXXEDF FFFGFFFG GGGXHGHX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (53%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 0110 011 0110 1100 11 1110 1110 11001 1 1111 1111 1110 1111 110 01101 1101 1101 1111 1101 1110 1111 1101 110 1111 1111 11001 0101 0010 1111 1101 1101 1110 1010 11 1110 1111 1111 11 1101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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