This is an analysis of the poem No Labor-Saving Machine that begins with:
NO labor-saving machine,
Nor discovery have I made;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 10100111 10101001011101001010 1101110 11010010101010100 11010011101111011 10011010010111 111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; nor, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
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