This is an analysis of the poem Hope Is Not For The Wise that begins with:

Hope is not for the wise, fear is for fools;
Change and the world, we think, are racing to a fall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1011011011 110111110001 1011100100111001 01011111011 1011001010010 0101000110010 11110011100010 110101011001010 11011010100011 1111101111 100101101010101 1001001010101011 011110010110 110100101100001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 739
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wise, and, wars are repeated.

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