This is an analysis of the poem The Villain that begins with:

While joy gave clouds the light of stars,
That beamed wher'er they looked; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 111011 111111001 010111 110010101 01110111 11111101 110111 100110101 00011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Villain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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