This is an analysis of the poem The Hares, A Fable. that begins with:

Yes, yes, I grant the sons of earth
Are doom'd to trouble from their birth.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggffggggdd dd ffggXg ggcccchhddiijjaahhkkgglleeccggmXiinn bbggiijjffccggooggcXcckkggccccXm Xjggllccnnaapp iiddnneejfaalleeeXiiqqiXccgg ppqqiiccggff iicciihhnnggmmggcc iicciiqqiieeggggiiggaahh ffccXgqqeekkffffnnkkfXggXcqqiibbgXppqqXkkggffjjccii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,2,6,36,32,14,28,12,18,24,51,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11010011 11010111 11010101 11010111 110100011 10110101 10111101 11101001 01010100 01011101 010100101 11011101 10111101 01110101 010011101 11010101 110010101 10011111 11010101 01011101 11010011 11010101 101100001 11010101 01010101 01010101 01010011 11010110 10111101 11010001 11110001 010111011 010101001 11010001 110000101 1101110010 110011010 11011101 11110111 01010101 11010101 110100111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11110111 010011101 11110101 010110011 01011101 11110101 11110001 101101001 01000110 11011101 010000111 11111101 11111101 011100010 100101100 11111001 01010101 010010101 001100101 11010001 1001000001 10011101 01011101 10010101 1010111001 110010111 0110000001 010101010 11001001110 101011101 11010101 11010101 110100001 110010101 10111101 11000101 01110101 11110111 110111000 110011101 01010101 010101001 01001001 111101001 111110101 010011101 01010101 110101001 11110101 1100001010 0111101110 110101100 11110101 01011101 01011101 010101001 11010101 110100011 110101011 11000101 11011111 101010111 100010101 010111001 01010111 11010101 110100101 11010101 010101001 11110101 01001101 11010101 11110111 110101010 111101110 11010101 010100111 11010111 010011101 10010111 101101001 11000101 111101010 11110101 0100101001 01010101 110000101 11010111 010010101 10010111 11001101 11010101 01010001 11010001 01010101 01011101 01010101 10111101 10110101 11001101 01101001 100100111 110010101 11010101 11010101 01111101 10010101 01110111 11011101 110100101 010100101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11110101 111011010 110101010 11010101 11010101 00110001 10110001 10110101 111110101 1101101 11000101 11010001 11010101 11010001 11010101 11110011 11010101 11110101 11010111 11110111 01010111 11110101 110010101 111001101 11010001 11011101 100100101 11110101 11011101 11001001 11110101 110101010 010111010 11101101 101100111 101111001 010011101 10010101 10011101 01110101 11010111 11000101 01011101 11111101 10010001 11110111 11101101 01110101 110110101 01011101 110110011 110101001 11010110 11010111 11010101 110111000 01110101 110100101 1111101001 11111101 11011101 10110101 01110011 11010101 11010101 11110101 11011101 01010001 001101001 10010101 1000101001 01010101 11100101 01010101 11110101 01010101 01010101 01110111 11010101 10110101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 730
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 244
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, whose, nor, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, the, whose, now, no, and are repeated.

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