This is an analysis of the poem Honour Dishonoured that begins with:

Honoured I lived e'erwhile with honoured men
In opulent state. My table nightly spread... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbaba cdcdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001110001001 01001110101 1101111100 1101110100 1101110111 11001111100 1011111101 11011011111 0101011101 1101110101 1100011101 1111010111 1101010001 1011000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, to are repeated.

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