This is an analysis of the poem Things Of Great Worth Shall Come To Pass... that begins with:

Things of great worth shall come to pass
By true foreknowledge and in fact,—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc XXdc beXX fcgh adfX hXgXXaegd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10111101 111000101 11001101 11111101 11010101 11011000 11110101 01110101 11111001 11111001 11010111 11110011 11111111 01010111 01010111 11010111 11010100 11110101 10011111 11010101 01111011 10010111 11010101 0101000100 11010011 11110111 11010101 110001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; in is repeated.

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

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