This is an analysis of the poem Avaunt All Specious Pliancy Of Mind that begins with:

AVAUNT all specious pliancy of mind
In men of low degree, all smooth pretence!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbaaccaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101101001 0101011110 1101010100 1101010101 0111111011 10110000101 1011011011 0101010111 11000111101 0101011011 1011100101 1111011101 1101110011 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

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