This is an analysis of the poem Petty With Beliefs that begins with:

Be grateful to witness these days,
Of changes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAb AAXX BXBc AAcBAAbCBCbXabCBCbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001011 010 100111 01001011 010 101101 011010011 11110110 00101101 11110110 00110100101 01001011 010 101110001 1001 01001011 010 1 1110001 1001 110001 101 1011010 1 1110001 1001 110001 01001 10110001 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Petty With Beliefs;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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