This is an analysis of the poem Not Works that begins with:

Grace, triumphant in the throne,
Scorns a rival, reigns alone; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc ddccccee ddffXfaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 1010101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1010100 1011001 1011101 1010101 11001010 1000101 1010101 1110111 0010101 1111101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010011 1110100 10100110 1110100 1010101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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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  • summary of Not Works;
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