This is an analysis of the poem Employment (I) that begins with:
If as a flower doth spread and die,
Thou wouldst extend me to some good, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dede fafa bgbg agcgXdbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010101111 11011010 0110110100 1001 01010101 10010101 1011011101 1111 11110111 01011100 0100110001 0101 11110111 01110011 1001011111 1001 11110101 10110001 11001110100 0101 11110111 111100001 1110101111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Employment (I);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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