This is an analysis of the poem Tempest Tossed And Sore Afflicted that begins with:
TEMPEST tossed and sore afflicted, sin defiled and care oppressed,
Come to me, all ye that labour; come, and I will give ye rest.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXbbbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101011001101 101111111110111 111110101111101 101011001010101 1110111101110111 011010101011101 101010101011101 10101010010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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