This is an analysis of the poem Against Hope that begins with:
HOPE, whose weak Being ruin'd is,
Alike if it succeed, and if it miss ; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccdeff ccggbbeeXX deggXaaaff bbhhXXiiaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110100 0100011001 1011110001 1101010101 11111101 11111011 0111010100 0101 0110111101 1100110101 11110001 1111111001 1111011111 1100010001 011101011 110010011 0100110100 11010101 1111111101 0011010101 11010100 1111110110 1101111111 1111111101 1101111100 01111101 0111110101 11110001 11111010101 1101011111 10011101 01011111111 100010101010 11010101010 100110000 10111010 1101110101 01010001 11101010111 1111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; , of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word by is repeated.
The author used the same word hope at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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