This is an analysis of the poem Mock On, Mock On, Voltaire, Rousseau that begins with:
Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau;
Mock on, mock on; 'tis all in vain!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaXa XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11111101 11010101 10110101 110010101 01000101 11110101 11010111 01001000 11010001 11010111 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mock, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mock, and are repeated.
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