This is an analysis of the poem It Is Not Seemly To Be Famous... that begins with:

It is not seemly to be famous:
Celebrity does not exalt;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xada Xccc cbcb dece XbXbXbece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001100010 01001101 101101110 10010001 011100010 11010101 110111110 00110101 110110010 11010101 111111010 11010100 110110110 11110101 010111110 01010011 000100010 11010001 110111010 01010101 010111010 01001011 111011010 11000101 110101010 01110101 100101010 01110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to, your are repeated.

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