This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of The Pen that begins with:
Not for the love of women toil we, we of the craft,
Not for the people's praise; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efef ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101010111001 110101 1001110110111 101111 1011010101111 100101 1001011101101 111101 1101010100111 100111 10010010111101 110111 1011010010101 101101 1001010110101 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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