This is an analysis of the poem Discontent that begins with:
LIGHT human nature is too lightly tost
And ruffled without cause, complaining on--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaabacacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101001101 1100110101 10010110101 0100110101 10111100101 0111110101 1100110111 0101100101 1111011101 1101111101 010011100101 1100110101 11010100101 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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