This is an analysis of the poem Ad Moodium that begins with:

Tut! Moody, do not try to show
To gentlemen and ladies... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeaa fgfg cece haha icic Xjhj akak
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 0100110 10111111 11010 10011111 1111010 01110111 01010 01110111 0111010 11110001 11111 101110101 0101010 11011111 11010 11011101 1111010 11110101 01010 11010001 0111110 110101001 11011 01010111 1101011 11111101 11111 11010101 1101010 11011101 11010 11111101 0100110 11111110 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, i, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Ad Moodium;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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