This is an analysis of the poem The Ant that begins with:
I.
Forbear, thou great good husband, little ant; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbbcc X dedeff X aXabdd X gcgchh a aeaeii a jejeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1011010101 0101001101 1111111001 1101110101 1011010111 000101111 1 1101001101 1101000111 1111010001 11001010101 1101011111 11100010101 1 1001110101 1111010100 1101110011 1001110111 1011101101 1011111100 1 011101110101 0101011101 1111010011 101101111 1111111011 11110010101 1 1111000111 1101110011 10011101001 101101111 1111111111 1111010111 1 1110010111 1111010101 01011010011 01011011101 1100011011 1001111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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