This is an analysis of the poem Dissolute that begins with:

Many years have I still to burn, detained
Like a candle flame on this body; but I enshine ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110101 1010110101110 0100110101101 0110100110001 1110111101001 1100111101101 1011001010100 0111111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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  • summary of Dissolute;
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