This is an analysis of the poem Say Not The Struggle Naught Availeth that begins with:
SAY not the struggle naught availeth,
The labour and the wounds are vain, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dada efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101100 11110111 010011110 11110101 010111010 11001101 1111101010 11110101 1101011010 11110101 111111110 101010001 111101010 11111001 010111110 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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