This is an analysis of the poem Riches I Hold In Light Esteem that begins with:

Riches I hold in light esteem
And Love I laugh to scorn... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX dcdc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 111101 11011101 110001 10110101 111111 10011111 111100 11111111 111101 11110101 010001 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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