This is an analysis of the poem When To The Attractions Of The Busy World that begins with:
WHEN, to the attractions of the busy world,
Preferring studious leisure, I had chosen... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeacfgXhijkkfgjeggahdlfeimaiXfXnfjinaahahnbafbabafdXbmaanebgXenifkjakcamaicdagiobfjmflXefbcgngjgoeafajifngc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 110,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10001000101 010100101110 0101000101 11010001001 0101010101 1111110101 01010010101 1011001101 0101110111 0101110101 01010010101 01001100001 1011010101 10110101001 0101111111 0100010101 1101000101 1001010111 0101011101 011101011 0111010001 1111010001 1111111011 0101011111 0101110101 1001011101 0111001101 1111000101 0001011001 1111111101 10001001101 011001110110 1011100101 10110101110 0101110001 1100110111 0101011011 1111010111 1101110101 1101011101 1101001011 1111011101 01011100101 0101010101 1101111101 1101000101 0001010111 0101110101 1101011101 010100100111 11001111101 11111100001 1101010001 1011011101 0011010100 1001001110 1011000101 1001010111 1001010101 1101000101 01110011101 1101100101 01010010001 1101010010110 0101010101 11010110101 11110100101 1101110111 1110011011 1101110111 0101110011 1101110111 1101110101 0111110101 1101000101 11011001110 0101010101 1011111111 10111011101 0101000101 0011110101 1101010001 11110010111 1001010111 10010011010 11011100111 1101100011 1011011101 1111110011 1111110101 01011100101 1111010101 0011010101 1111010100 0101010111 01010001111 1101111111 1100110111 10001011101 0101010111 1101000101 01110111011 11000100101 0111000111 0111011111 1011011001 010000100 10011010101 1111011111 01010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4740
- Average number of words per stanza: 843
- Amount of lines: 110
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, of, to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, for, and, was are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase begun connects the lines.
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