This is an analysis of the poem Tact that begins with:
What boots it, thy virtue,
What profit thy parts,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXbXb cdcd XXee dfgf XXXXXgfaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 11011 111110 01011 010010 11001 10101100 11111 010010 11101 011010 01101 0110110 1100100 111100 101111 010010 11001 1010010 101011 1110110 110110 0100100 01001 110110 111001 011010 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, the, it are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Tact;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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