This is an analysis of the poem Written After Reading King Lear that begins with:

Long is his course, O master of our woes.
And joys, and tears, oiu' passions and desires, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaaaabaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001110011 11111101010 01010101010 1001001101 1001111101 11000101100 110110001010 1101001001 0101011101 1101000101 0101011101 1111110101 11010101001 1101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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