This is an analysis of the poem Written In The Nouveaux Interests Des Princes De L'Europe that begins with:

Bless'd be the princes who have fought
For pompous names or wide dominion,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 110111010 11110111 110001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Written In The Nouveaux Interests Des Princes De L'Europe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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