This is an analysis of the poem Weakness Made Strong that begins with:

IF I were poor and weak,
Bankrupt of hope, and desolate of love;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdcdee fgfghh Xfhfbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111 1001110001 010101 0111011111 11110101 01111111 101111 01110011101 111101 1101010011 11110101 10010111 1101111 1001010101 110111 0111010011 1111011111 1111011101 1011111110 1111001111 1111110111 1101110111 1111001111 1011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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