This is an analysis of the poem John Galsworthy that begins with:

Not for vague honors, not for treacherous power
He lived and toiled thro' this, his earthy span;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabb cdcdaa eXeXccXababaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111101110010 1111100101 1001110101 110110001 1111010101 10100110101 1101010111 1100110101 1011110111 1010011100 1011011101 1101010101 1111011111 0110110100 1101000111 1111110011 1111110101 010110001 1111111111 1001001101 1011100101 10010010101 10110100111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; for, and are repeated.

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