This is an analysis of the poem To His Verses that begins with:

What will ye, my poor orphans, do,
When I must leave the world and you;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccXXbXaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10111101 11110111 111101001 11011111 11111101 11110101 01010110 11010110 11010100 10011111 01110100 11010111 11010001 01010011 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 500
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye is repeated.

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