This is an analysis of the poem Innocence that begins with:
But that which most I wonder at, which most
I did esteem my bliss, which most I boast,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb Xaca Xdad eeee cfcf eeee gghh caca igig jjff ecec aeae eejj iiiiXjbjb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111110111 1001111111 1101010101 11111101 11010100 11011111 11011101 11111101 01011100 0111010 01010111 1100010 01001010001 1101110101 0111010111 11011101 10110100 01111111 10110111 11010101 11010101 010101 11110001 01010001 1101010011 0100111101 010101011111 01011101 11110011 11010011 11111101 01010101 00111111 010111 11000100 01101101 1000110011 1101010111 1011000101 11110101 11011111 01010011 11110111 11011001 11000001 110101 11010101 01100111 1101010111 0101010001 0011111101 01010001 011111001 11010101 11010100 11011111 11000101 110101 01011111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, which, most, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words which, no are repeated.
The author used the same words a, no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Innocence;
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- idea of the verse;
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