This is an analysis of the poem Emerson that begins with:

MISFORTUNE to have lived not knowing thee!
’T were not high living, nor to noblest end, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbbbdbdbac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0100111101 10111010101 1101110100 1101001111 01010010100 11011110101 10111111101 0111000111 1111001100 1101011111 10011100101 1011110111 0111110100 0100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; not, to, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Emerson;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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