Poem Analysis of The Voice Of Toil by William Morris for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem The Voice Of Toil that begins with:

I heard men saying, Leave hope and praying,
All days shall be as all have been;... full text

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Rhyme scheme: abXb cada efaf cgcg XhXh dbXb aiXi cjdj ekak cjXj
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 1111011110 11101110 01101011110 01010101 1111011110 011111101 1111101111 11110101 1101011110 11010101 1101001110 01010111 1111011010 01111101 1111011010 11011101 11001011110 01010101 1111101010110 11011101 1111111111 1110011111 111110111100 011100111 1111011110 01110101 111101011010 11110111 110010101110 11011111 10011010111 11011110 1111011110 110011101 1101011110 01011101 11001011110 01110111 1011011100 11111111
Amount of stanzas: 10
Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
Average number of words per stanza: 32
Amount of lines: 40
Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
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; and, us, where are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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