This is an analysis of the poem Twelve Articles that begins with:
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LEST it may more quarrels breed,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb Xcc Xdd XXe abb aff XXaff Xgg Xhh ecc ahhgg XeehhXgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,5,3,3,3,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1011101 1010111 1 10101010 00111010 1 10101110 10101011 1 11111110 10111010 1 1110101 1011001 1 11100101 1011111 1 101110010 01101011 00101010 11101010 1 1010101 1111111 1 1111111 1111101 1 11101110 11101110 1 11100010 10111110 1101101 1011111 1 1001101 1110111 1010101 1011101 1111111 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
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