This is an analysis of the poem In The Long Run that begins with:

In the long run fame finds the deserving man.
The lucky wight may prosper for a day, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccA dadaeeA acaccXA fgfgccA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00111100101 0101110101 1001110101 1101010101 1011110011 1101111111 0011 0011110101 1011011101 0101010111 1101010111 1001100001 11010100101 0011 0011110111 0101010101 1011110101 11011010001 1001010001 11001001110 0011 0011110111 1101010101 0101010001 1101100101 1111011101 1100011101 0011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word run at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of In The Long Run;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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