This is an analysis of the poem Many Are Called that begins with:

Many are called, dear heart, to happiness,
But few are chosen, even for a wild short year.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcbC XbabbcbC aXXbbcbC acXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110100 111101010111 1110111111 0111100101 0011111100 11001101110 0100110111 10111111110 1101110100 0111111111 1001001100 01001001101 11111100011 11011111010 1011110111 10111111110 1101100111 1110110101 1011111100 11100010111 1100010111 10011111111 1101110101 10111111110 1011111111 01111101111 0001111111 10111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word chosen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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