This is an analysis of the poem Life A Cheat that begins with:
When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat;
Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101011101 1101110001 1111010001 0101010101 1111011101 0111111101 11001111001 1111001101 1001011001 1011010111 01001010101 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 547
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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