This is an analysis of the poem The Doubt Of Future Foes that begins with:

The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy,
And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaccddeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010101111011 11110111110101 111111110111 11100101110101 110101110101 1101010111101 0101010110010 11011101110111 010101110101 10011101111111 010001110111 11111101111101 110101110001 11110101101101 110111110101 01111111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 956
  • Average number of words per stanza: 168
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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