This is an analysis of the poem The Ant. that begins with:

I.
Forbear, thou great good husband, little ant;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbcc Xdedeff XaXabdd Xgcgchh aaeaeii ajejeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • 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: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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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