This is an analysis of the poem Of Uprightness And Sincerity that begins with:
Wouldst thou be very upright and sincere?
Wouldst thou be that within thou dost appear,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc cc dd ee ff bb gg dd aa hh dd ff iiXhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101001101 1101011101 1100010101 0101011101 1111111111 1110010010 0101011111 1110110111 0101011100 1110111101 1101110101 0111111101 1011010011 0101111111 1111110101 10010101001 1010011011 1111110111 1101011100 100110101 1101110111 1111101101 1101000111 1111110101 011110001 1101111111 0100010101 1101010111 0111000111 0111111101 011110011 1110011101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, thou, and, lord, where are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wouldst, nor, lord, if are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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