This is an analysis of the poem Troilus And Cressida that begins with:
Can life be a blessing,
Or worth the possessing,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aababab aacdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110010 110010 11001001001 11111111110 11101101101 1110110110010 11101011110001 010010 010010 01001001011 11001110010 100111011001 1010010011010 111111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
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