This is an analysis of the poem On Jealousy that begins with:
There is a thing that nothing is,
A foolish wanton, sober wise;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011100 01010101 011111110 110101010 01110111 010010101 11010101 11110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, noe are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
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