This is an analysis of the poem Of The True Endeavour that begins with:

HAPPY he in whom the honest love of fair endeavour lingers,
Who has strength to do his labour, and has pride to do it well,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcdc dada efef gbgb dcdc hbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101010101010 111010111110101 1110101001101010 101010111010101 0010101000101000 101110101010101 1111001010100010 001010101111010 1011101011101010 101011100010101 1010101000100010 111011100011101 1111001010101010 101010111110101 1010100110101010 101110100110101 1111101011101010 111010101110101 1110101000101010 111110111010101 1011101010101010 110010011010101 101001010101100010 101010100010001 1111101010101110 101111100010001 1010101000101010 111011111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, some, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, not are repeated.

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  • summary of Of The True Endeavour;
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