This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 23. Set By Mr. De Fesch that begins with:

Well, I will never more complain,
Or call the Fates unkind;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdXcd XaeeaXddddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 01110011 11100011 1100101 11110101 110101 11111110 11110111 010101 11110010 1011001 11011111 100100010 111101 11101101 100111 01001001 11111111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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  • summary of Songs Set To Music: 23. Set By Mr. De Fesch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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