This is an analysis of the poem On An Engraving Of Hindoo Temples that begins with:
LITTLE the present careth for the past,
Too little—'tis not well!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc dccd effe aaaX agXh Xbba giig fjjf kkkX gjjg hllh gkkg miim Xddh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1000110101 110111 110111 0101011011 0101011101 110101 111011 1111010101 1111010101 010011 010111 0101100101 1101110011 010101 011101 1100011101 01100101101 010001 111001 1111000101 1001001101 1100001 0111010 1100010001 0101010010 110101 100101 01001101001 1101110101 111001 100101 1111011001 1111011101 1100101 010111 1111111101 11110010101 010111 101101 11010101010 0101011101 111101 110011 0101010101 0101011101 010111 111001 01001010011 111110100101 010101 0101001 1110010101 1111010111 110101 110100 11011110011 11010010001 0111001 111111 1111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its, her, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, the, how, a, let, by are repeated.
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