This is an analysis of the poem The Discontent that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcddeeXcffggaaeeheehddXedd X aaacceieiaajjiieeggee X eeeeccffeekXeeeellgX X kkaaggggbbeXhgghaXaa a eeXgaXaeeeekk a Xggaaggbbbbbbiiggege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,26,1,21,1,20,1,20,1,13,1,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11111111111 111011111 11111111001 1110011110101 10100110111 11100110011101 11111010110 1110110 11011111101 11101000111 111110111 101000101 101010111 110010001 11001011001 11111001 10111110101 1110111111 101111101 1111101010011 111011101 11110111 111000101 11101011100 1110111 1110101 1 11101000101 111010001 111011101 11111010101 1110101001101 11111010111 11101001101 11101100111 110011101 110011110100 10100010101 111010101 1110101110111 11111011101 1110101111 11100110011 10100111101 11101111001 11101010110 11101011111 11101110101 1 111010101 110110100 10011000101 10101010101 11100 1011101 11110000101 11111010001 101011001 1010100011 110110101001 111000010101 10111111001 10101010101 10111110011 1110111011101 1110101010101 11111010101 11010011111 11001001110 1 111010011111 11101110101 1110111 101111101 10101001101 10101010101 11001010110 11101010101 11111011111 11100010101 11101111111 11101110101 11111110011 1010101 1110101 111010111 111100101 111010100 11101010101 110110101010101001 1 11101110101 111010101 10000110101 10110001101 11111001100 1011111100 100110111 111110101 11111010101 110110010110 1110111010111 11011110101 11101111101 1 10111101111 11111011011 11000101 1110111 11001110101 1111011011101 10101100101 111111111 101010101 101010101 1010101010 1011101010 1010010101 101011101 11101110111 110111101 11101011101 11111010111 11100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • 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; to, their, them, of, o, my are repeated.

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