This is an analysis of the poem Men Mind No State In Sickness that begins with:
That flow of gallants which approach
To kiss thy hand from out the coach;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01110101 11010111 0111100 11111101 10010111 11010100 0100101 11110101 01011011 11111101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.
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