This is an analysis of the poem Undesired Revenge that begins with:

Sorrow and sin have worked their will
For years upon your sovereign face,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacca deedffd deedggd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 10011101 11010101 001000101 11010101 01010011 01111101 11101101 1110001 11110111 11011101 11110001 11010011 11111001 11011111 01110101 01011101 11110001 11011111 11111001 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.

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