This is an analysis of the poem Written In The Cloisters Of Christ's-Hospital In London. that begins with:

Now cease the sad complaining strain,
Now hush'd be PITY'S tender sigh,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdd efefghghcc fdfdififbb jkjkjbjbXeXkgkgcdcdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 110010101 11011101 011100101 01011101 11110111 110011111 110101001010 1101011101010 11010101 11110101 10010111 1101001101 11010111 01011101 110101001 10011101 110111001 110101110101 110111001 10010111 10110111 11010101 11011111 111000111 11110101 01011111 1011110101 110101100101 11010101 110100101 110100111 110101010 11111101 01011101 11110111 11010101 1011110110 110101010101 11110101 110110101 11111001 111101011 111100101 11010100 11011101 01110111 10110100101 110101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, my, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, when, here, and are repeated.

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