This is an analysis of the poem Hard Times Come Again No More that begins with:
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB c XbbB dbdB c dXdB c ebeBXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,4,1,4,1,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110110101 111110001 1011010010011 11110111 10 101010010 111110111 1011110011101 11110111 1111110110111 111110101 1110110110101 11110111 10 1011010110101 00111101110 1011010110101 11110111 10 1011010010101 1011010101 1011010010101 11110111 10
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, 'tis are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'tis is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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