This is an analysis of the poem An Exhortation To Gentleness that begins with:
You who are strong, and do not know the need
That weaker spirits feel, but do not plead -... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbXb ccXc ddXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111101 1101011111 0101111101 1111110101 0111001101 1101011101 0101110111 1001000111 1011101111 0111110100 1111011100 0101111101 1111010011 1111111101 1101110001 1111000111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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