This is an analysis of the poem The Muse that begins with:

She doth tell me where to borrow
Comfort in the midst of sorrow:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaaaaabbccXXddeeffggXaddhhaacccciiccaacceeffeeaXaajjXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 10001010 1010001 0010001 1010101 0010100 0110101 0011110 1010111 1110101 1110001 1010101 10100001 101110 1010111 1110101 1010111 1110101 1110101 0110101 1011101 1010101 11111010 00101010 01100011 1110111 0110001 1011101 0111101 1010101 0110111 1010101 0110001 1010101 0111011 0110101 1111101 0110101 1111101 1010110 101110 110100101 11101011 11110011 1100001 1011111 1111100 1110101 11111110 11101010 0111111 0111101 11111010 101110010 1111010 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1752
  • Average number of words per stanza: 319
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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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  • summary of The Muse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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