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

The peace which other seek they find;
The heaviest storms not longet last;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbb cdcdeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01110111 010011101 1011000101 11001101 10110001 11010101 11101111 11010101 11001101 11110111 11111001 11010111 11010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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