This is an analysis of the poem Too Few Alerted To The Severity That Exists that begins with:
Whose misfortune is being commonly shared?
Behind a pomp and circumstance, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXa aa bbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10100101001 01011101 01101010101 100101 11110010 111101 11011110100 011010000100101 0110010010001 111001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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