This is an analysis of the poem A Precious—mouldering Pleasure that begins with:

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A precious—mouldering pleasure—'tis—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcb bdbX edfd edXd Xcfc XdgdXegag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 010100101 011011 010101001 010011 01000101 110011 01011101 011111 01010001 010101 110111001 0100001 11000101 110101 11010100 110001 11010101 11001 01110101 110001 1100010 111101 11111101 111101 0100010 111101 11011101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, what are repeated.

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

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

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