This is an analysis of the poem Human Frailty that begins with:
Weak and irresolute is man;
The purpose of to-day,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dddd efef gaga hdhd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100001 010001 10010001 010101 011111001 110101 11010101 100101 11000101 110101 10010001 110101 11010001 110111 11010101 010101 110100101 110101 010001001 110101 11011101 010101 010101101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; his is repeated.
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