This is an analysis of the poem Loss And Gain that begins with:
Virtue runs before the muse
And defies her skill,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 10101 1011101 010100 1010101 101010 1010101 001010 01100001 11010 1010111 10100 1010101 0010010 0111101 1100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Loss And Gain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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