This is an analysis of the poem R. S. S. that begins with:

All-worshipped Gold! thou mighty mystery
Say by what name shall I address thee rather,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddefggXgbefhfcXcicgaihjddXdjgkdkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110100 11111111110 1101110111 01001010101 0101111101 0101010111 1001011101 1001011101 0101010111 00110100011 011101001010 11111111110 110100100011 1011010101 010010001001 10110101011 0011100101 0011010001 0001010101 11110011001 1110110011 0111011101 110100101110 1011010101 1001010101 01000100101 1001111001 01000100101 0100010111 01110010100 1101010101 00010101010 010011110111 10010110111 1111001111 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1559
  • Average number of words per stanza: 273
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; me, grant, wealth are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase wealth connects the lines.

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