This is an analysis of the poem Paulo Post Futuri that begins with:

WEEP ye not, ye children dear,
That as yet ye are unborn:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b c bcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1111111 1110111 1010101 10001100 10001101 01101010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 40
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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