This is an analysis of the poem The Old Stoic 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: abab cXcX dcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 111101 11011101 110001 10110101 111111 01011111 1111001 11111111 111101 01110101 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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