This is an analysis of the poem Think No More, Lad that begins with:

Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly:
Why should men make haste to die? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccab cdeecd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 1111101 10111010 10111010 10101010 10101 11101010 1010101 01101110 11101110 11111010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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.

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