This is an analysis of the poem Il Penseroso that begins with:

HENCE, vain deluding Joys,
............The brood of Folly without father bred!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdXaaceeffgghXiibbjjccaaiXjjccccffaakkffffllmmllccllffnneellccccoobbbbjjffhhpphhmmjXbbnnbbffeoccqqmmllnnbbXrddbbllXjjjffbbkkaallaannffnnoollsshhbbXpbbkkrrXfggjjXaqqkkggccii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 176,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 0101001101 110110 110110111 101101 1101010101 111100 1011110011 1101001 0101000101 111101110 11001010 11010011 01010101 11101101 100011101 1111001 11010110 11110111 01010101 0111110010 111101010 11110101 01010101 01010101 11011101 101001011 11010101 01010101 11111101 11010111 1011101 10010101 1000101 11010101 10110101 1111101 01011101 11100001 11110011 11010101 01100101 00110101 11010111 110111110 111101110 11010001 110110101 11010110 101101010 11110011 11111101 10010011 0101010 10110101 11000101 0010101 10010101 110010101 101000101 111101010 110011010 11010101 11011101 1101101 1011101 00101001 1010101 11110101 10101101 11100111 1010101 11010101 11011101 1011101 1010101 10010101 1101101 11010101 11010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 01010101 111111110 010111010 11111001 01110110 010010001 11111101 001011101 01000101 10110111 010111101 11010101 01010100 11110100 01011101 01011101 1010101 11110101 010101001 111101110 11100010 110101001 11110001 11011101 11111101 11111111 01001001 01010100 11101001 110100111 10010101 11010101 10111101 01110111 01010101 01011001 11011101 1111101101 11010101 111101111 0010101 11000101 11011101 11000101 1011101 1010101 00110101 11010101 01011101 0110111 11111101 01110101 1011011 11010101 11001101 10110111 11100111 1101101 10101001 110100111 1010100 0101111 01010101 111101001 11010101 01010001 1011111 11111101 01011101 111100100 100110001 11111101 010100101 11011001 00110101 11010101 10010101 11010101 0011101 01011101 11010111 01100100 111100111 11111101 11010100 01011101 11111101 0100111011 110011101 110100101 01010101 11010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 6093
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1076
  • Amount of lines: 176
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, or, of, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Il Penseroso;
  • central theme;
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