This is an analysis of the poem Satyr Iii. Virtue that begins with:
Is virtue something reall here below
Or but an Idle name & empty show...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccccXcaaXdee ffeeeg ccaa hXiijj kkjjXh gXfflllleg dXllXiiXdiiiiggXcllcccbbgjjmmeejjjhh iimmhhhhggeXdcX ccddd XgccXccffccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,6,4,6,6,10,36,15,5,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010101101 111101101 1101111101 1011010111 0011010111 1101011111 0111110001 1101110001 1101010101 11110111001 1101010110 111010101 01110111111 0101010101 1000110110 101010001 1111000001 0011000100 1111010101 1111001101 1110011101 1101010001 1101010101 1101000100 1001010001 1011010101 1101010111 1011010101 111100111001 1101010101 00010000101 101111101 1110110011 101010101 0101010101 1101111001 10110101001 1111100111 10010011111 0100010101 11001111101 1110101110 1101111111 111010001 1001001111 11001010101 1101010100 100010010 1111010111 0110111111 0101011101 1101011110 1111111001 11111101 11010111001 1101010101 1101010101 1111110010 00101010111 11110011100 1001010101 1111111101 11001010101 10001001001 100101001 01011100101 0101010101 1101010101 1111010101 011010101 101110101 11010101 1011010101 10010010101 1000111101 110111101 1111110111 0101010101 01010100101 1100011101 0111110101 10101000101 1011010101 1111001101 110010101 0101010101 10110111001 1001110001 1001000111 001011011 11001011101 110010101001 1001011011 101010111 1101010101 101110100 0101100100 1101010110 1101010101 01010011110 1011010110 1101010101 1111011111 1111110101 0101010111 1011010101 1101001101 0100010001 1101000101 111010011 1111010101 1111010111 110011111 1011010101 1111011101 11000111001 111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 117
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; he, his, nor, to, how, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase most connects the lines.
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