This is an analysis of the poem To Be Nothing and Want Nothing that begins with:
O Man, as long as you exist, know, have, and cherish,
You have not been delivered, believe me, of your burden....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110111110 11100100110110 1010101010 01001010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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