This is an analysis of the poem Views Of Life that begins with:

When sinks my heart in hopeless gloom,
And life can shew no joy for me;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dede bebe dfdf efef dXdg hbhb icic jiji dkdk dada gigi fdfd hihi lcbX fbfb lmbm cdcX cbcb kiki eeee bbecce bbkbbk eegffX ffbmmb ddabbX gXhbbh iibggb mXmeem ccgeeg ccfaaf kkbiib bXbg bkbk cici ngngXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11111111 11010101 110110010 01110101 01110101 11011101 01011111 11111111 11011101 11100011 01011111 11010111 11010001 010101001 11010101 11010101 01010101 110101001 11010101 11011101 11011111 11111101 11011101 1101011 111111110 01011101 11110101 11010101 11011111 11010101 11110101 11111101 11010101 11010101 110011101 10110101 01110001 01010101 11010011 11010111 01010100 01010101 01000101 01010111 11111001 01010101 01010101 11010101 0100101001 11001101 11010101 110111101 01010111 01010011 01010101 11111101 11110101 11110101 01000111 01110100 11110001 01010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010001 11110100 110100101 11110001 11010101 11110101 11011111 11011101 10010011 110101001 11110101 11101101 110010110 100101001 110111011 11110111 010100101 11011101 011001101 01011101 11110101 111101001 11110101 110101 01010101 10110101 1101001 11011101 11010101 110101 10010111 11010101 0100001 10101010011 101010111 110101 01010001 11010101 01011000 11110101 11010101 110101 11011111 11010101 110001 11010101 11011111 111101 11111101 11011101 110111 110111010 111101010 110101 11011101 11010101 110101 11110111 01110111 110101 11011111 11010111 111101 11110111 10010110 101111 11010011 10011101 110111 11010101 101110111 110101 01010101 11001101 0100101 10110101 11110111 111101 11110111 110010101 010101 01010111 11010101 1101001 11010101 010100111 011101 11010101 01010111 11010101 01010101 11110111 110100101 11011101 01001111 11110101 01110101 01010101 11011101 11011111 0101111 11110111 11111101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 38
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 172
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, i, not, too, with, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in, i, the, though are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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