This is an analysis of the poem In A Letter To C. P. Esq. In Imitation Of Shakspeare that begins with:

Trust me the meed of praise, dealt thriftily
From the nice scale of judgement, honours more... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011100 0011010101 11010110001 0011001101 01001011101 100110011001 11010100010 1011000101 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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