This is an analysis of the poem The Balance. To Thomas Brand Hollis. that begins with:
Ancient and modern story both proclaim,
How poor the poet's trade, though proud the name;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd cXeeddff gghhdd bbiiggjj kkllddmmllbbbbddaaiibbggXddllaakk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,8,33,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011010101 1101011101 1110010101 0111011101 0101010001 1011010101 1101110111 1101010101 0100111101 1011011100 11111100111 110010001 111111101 1111000101 1111001101 0101110101 1011001101 1101110101 1101001101 1011110101 1101010101 1101010001 1101001101 1101011101 1101011101 1011010101 0111010101 1110111101 1111000101 110111101 1001010101 1101010011 1101011011 10001000101 1101011111 1001010101 11000010101 100111000111 1001110101 1101011101 1101110111 1011111111 1001110001 1111111101 10001010101 1101010101 1001010101 0101001101 1100110111 1001010001 100101111 0111110111 1111010101 1001000101 1101011111 1101000101 0101011001 1111010100 0111011101 1011001101 10110100101 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 453
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, at are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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