This is an analysis of the poem Three Palinodias - 02 Conflict Of Wit And Beauty that begins with:

SIR Wit, who is so much esteem'd,
And who is worthy of all honour,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xa Xb b b bbccdd eeXX a ba bc Xc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,1,1,6,4,1,2,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 110100110 110001001 111101010 10111101 11111111 01010101 01010101 01010001 001100111 11000100 101111111 01010111 01110001 01011101 10010111 110011010 11001101 11111101 11010001 10110111 11010001 11011110 11110101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; who, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, if, are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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