This is an analysis of the poem Though All The World that begins with:

Though all the world should stand aside,
And leave you to your sorrow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbab cdcdeXed ccccfdXd cdcdghgh fifiibib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1110110 11011111 0111111 11110110 0111010 01011111 1101010 11110111 1101010 111110101 1111010 10010101 0111010 10111101 1101010 11111111 1111010 11110111 1111010 11111111 1101110 11100110 1111110 11111101 1111010 110010111 1111010 00011101 0101010 11101111 0101110 101110101 11111100 11011101 1111010 11111111 11000110 11110101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; or, your, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, nor are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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