This is an analysis of the poem A Neighbours Tears that begins with:

O heighth! o Depthe! upon my bended knees
Who dare Expound these Wondrous Mysteries:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbbbbbcdbbddddbbaaddXXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 1101110100 1011010111 10111010100 1111011101 1101110101 1101011100 1101111001 01110010110 11111111010 1001010100 1111011111 1011110100 1101110101 1101011101 0011011011 11110001111 1101110011 01010011001 1110011111 1101000101 1100010101 1111011101 1101110101 10100100101 11110011010 1111011101 1111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 222
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; you, to are repeated.

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