This is an analysis of the poem The Speech Of Flattery that begins with:
See how he lies, still mighty in his ease,
The fields' huge fear, the terrifying saint;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcbXbXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1111110001 0111010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101110101 1101010101 110111001010 0111010101 1101011111 01110010101 1111111101 1101110101 1101010101 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
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