This is an analysis of the poem On Virtue And Merit that begins with:
On virtue and merit.
To have earned and not inherit, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbcdcebeeebXaXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 01111010 110101 1101011 1001101 1001010 101001 001101 10101110 110010 1 0100 0010110000 1010 11010001 0101111 0011110 0010010 110100001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.
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