This is an analysis of the poem Xxi: The World Goes None The Lamer that begins with:

The world goes none the lamer
For ought that I can see,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdXd ebXbXeaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010 111111 010110 111111 01010110 010101 1101110 010111 1101010 111111 1111010 111101 1101110 110111 1111110 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; farewell, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, farewell are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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