This is an analysis of the poem Still To Be Neat that begins with:

Still to be neat, still to be drest,
As you were going to a feast;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbbb ccddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011001 11010001 10010101 10000001 11110111 10111011 11011101 11010001 11010111 11011101 11100001 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to, still, be, not are repeated.

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  • summary of Still To Be Neat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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