This is an analysis of the poem The Rule Of Life Expanded that begins with:
IF thou wouldst live unruffled by care,
Let not the past torment thee e'er;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccdd e d de d dee X cX c b X Xdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,1,2,1,3,1,2,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101011 110101110 01011101 11111101 01010011 11110101 011101110 110111010 111101001 10101001 010111001 11111 1111 010011101 11001 110101011 010011101 1101111001 110111 11010 110101 00110 1110100 1010100 1100101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; thou is repeated.
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