This is an analysis of the poem Discontent And Quarrelling that begins with:

JANE.
Miss Lydia every day is drest... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcddc eefggf baaXhhb aiibiib bccjkkj aeei fXXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,7,7,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 1100100101 10111011 110101 11111101 11110101 111101 11011111 11101111 0100110 11110111 11111001 1101010 10 11011101 11001101 110111 11010101 11000101 100111 1 11010111 00110101 110101 11000111 01011111 100101 10 11100111 11011101 101111 01111111 11110111 111101 1 11010101 11010111 101011 10 111100111 11110101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, may, be are repeated.

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