This is an analysis of the poem Praise it - 'tis dead - that begins with:

Praise it - 'tis dead -
It cannot glow - ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbabcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 0101 100101 0010001 101101 01010101 000101 01010100 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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