This is an analysis of the poem Of Taking Things Easy that begins with:

TELL me what boots to battle, when the end
Is foreseen failure? What, by heaven, I ask— ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cXdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 01110111011 1101010101 0101011101 0101000111 101011101 0101010101 11011100101 10010100111 0101010100 110100101001 0111011111 1111010101 110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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