This is an analysis of the poem Pursuit And Possession that begins with:

When I behold what pleasure is pursuit,
What life, what glorious eagerness it is; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbaacacdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110001 11110010000 1111010100 1101010101 1101110101 1001010101 011110100 0101010001 1001111011 11010111010 1111010101 01010101010 1101011111 0001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; what is repeated.

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