This is an analysis of the poem Divine Device that begins with:
Would it be loss or gain
To hapless human-kind...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dedefafa efeXabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111 010101 011111 010101 100110 010101 110101 1111 110111 001101 110101 0101 110010 010101 111101 1111 101101 110110 100101 011100 111101 111101 110101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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