This is an analysis of the poem Consolation that begins with:
Though he, that ever kind and true,
Kept stoutly step by step with you,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbba cccdddc eeeeeee cccfffc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 11011101 11110111 010101 01010101 1111010101 1101 11110101 11010100 110111111 1111001 11110101 11111100101 0101 10110111 10011101 11110101 110001 11111101 1101110101 1101 11011101 11010111 11000101 111101 11010101 1101111101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Consolation;
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