This is an analysis of the poem Content, To My Dearest Lucasia that begins with:

Content, the false World's best disguise,
The search and faction of the Wise, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccbbdd bbccee aabbee bbffcc ggccff ffbbee aXcccc aabbhh aXccdX ffddii eeaacc Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 01110001 01011101 11110111 1101011111 1111011101 11101101 11110101 10010111 11111101 11010011001 0101101101 11011001 01111101 11100101 100100111 1111010001 11110001001 01110111 10001101 11010111 10111111 1101110111 0101010101 10111110 01000100 11010101 11010001 10110101001 1111110111 11011011 11111101 10010101 10010101 1010010111 1111010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 10010101 1111111111 1111010101 11110101 111101100 11011101 11111101 11010010001 1111010001 10011101 01111111 110100111 11001101 1111001101 1111010111 11010111 110111010 11010101 110100101 1111010100 1111010100 1110011 11011111 01110101 01010101 01001011010 1110111101 11010101 11110111 11011101 11001101 1111011111 0110110111 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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