This is an analysis of the poem Contentment that begins with:
Is it a virtue, as the sages say,
The 'trivial round and common task' to ply,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaa bbcbbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0001010101 0101110101 1111010101 1101010111 1101010001 1111010001 01010100111 1111010001 1100111101 1101010011 1101011101 1110110111 1111010111 1101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, or, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, no are repeated.
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- summary of Contentment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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