This is an analysis of the poem Humble And Unnoticed Virtue that begins with:

O my son!
The ostentatious virtues which still press... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaXaXXcdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111 0101010111 1101110101 11100101010 1111111101 0011000101 0101110101 01001000101 10101010101 1011110101 1001010101 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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