This is an analysis of the poem Popularity that begins with:
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Stand still, true poet that you are!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcb X dcdcd X efefe X cgcgX a dhdhd a iiiii X jkjkj X lXldl X kmkmk m dndnX a oioio X kekek X mpmpm mXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 11110111 111111111 11111101 110101111 111101 1 11111101 110100111 11110101 001101111 111101 1 01111011 111111010 11010101 010101010 101101 1 11011101 110101010 10111111 010111010 100111 1 11111111 011101110 11010101 110101010 010101 1 11111101 01011101 10111100 11011001 110101 1 11110001 110111010 110110011 011101010 110111 1 11010111 01110110000 11111101 101101011 110111 1 01010100 11010101 11111101 01010101 110101 1 11010101 11100111 11010101 01110001 101100 1 11111111 11010111 11010101 01010101 101101 1 110111011 11110011 11111110 01010001 110011 1 11111101 11110101 110010101 11110101 110111 1010010 1100101010 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; you, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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