This is an analysis of the poem In A Lecture Room that begins with:

Away, haunt thou me not,
Thou vain Philosophy! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbccdXdaeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 011111 110100 101110 100101 110101 10110101001 1001010101 110110 1111111111 1011110 1101001010100 1101010101 1011010 1011010 110000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; thou, and are repeated.

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