This is an analysis of the poem The Forlorn Hope that begins with:
How long vain Hope do'st thou my joys suspend?
Say! must my expectation know no end! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXdbbeeXdffgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111111101 1111010111 1111100101 1010011101 1101001111 1110111110 11110101100 1111010111 11010100101 1100010101 1111010110 1101110100 11110101101 11010111101 1101111101 1111011001 1111011110 1101100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 803
- Average number of words per stanza: 144
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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