This is an analysis of the poem Hope On that begins with:
Power's a cheat, success but trying,
Even pleasure bears a sting; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaAbabbAaaAXaaaaAaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101110 1010101 11101010 10101010 0101101001 1001011110 10101110 1110100 100100010 1110101 11111010 00111010 0100101001 1001111110 10101110 1110100 10101010 1010111 11101010 10101010 0100101001 1001011110 1011101010 1110100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 440
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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