This is an analysis of the poem A Psalm Of Councel that begins with:
Though some good folks may take it ill,
As trifling with parsonic frill, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabcccbbbbb dddXeeebfffb eeebgggbbbXb bbbbbbbbhXhb eeebiiibeeeb hhhXbbbbhhhb bbbhhhbjjjb hhhbaXabdddb eeebkkkXjjjb lllbcccbgggb hhhbbbbbmmmb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,11,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11001001 11010111 01010111 11010101 01010101 101100111 11010100 11101101 01000101 10100001 01110101 01000101 01010111 11110001 010111001 11010100 11110001 10100101 11110101 11001101 01010001 11110101 11010101 01000101 01100001 01000101 100110100 11010111 111100101 11110101 010101001 01010101 10110101 11001101 01011101 01110101 01010111 11010101 11001011 11010101 11010111 11011101 11010101 110101001 01010110 011101001 01011101 11111111 11011111 01000101 01010111 11110101 111101001 010100011 11010100 11011101 01110001 11001101 11001101 101110001 110011101 11010101 1101001 11010101 110111101 11010111 01011101 11110111 10111101 11011101 110110101 11011101 110101001 11110101 01000101 01110111 01010111 10111101 010011101 01011101 100101101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01010101 010001001 01111101 01000101 11011101 11010101 11110001 01001101 10010111 11010101 010101001 11000101 11010101 11010111 11010101 010100111 11000101 1011100 10011111 11110101 01010111 11010101 11110101 010010101 11111101 11011101 01011101 11011101 01010101 11001100 11110101 11111111 01010101 01010101 01010011 11111101 10010101 01011101 11011101 11010101 11011101 10110101 01010101 11111101 1111001 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 131
- 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; one is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, unless, a, the are repeated.
The author used the same word australia at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word date at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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