This is an analysis of the poem A Song On The Baths that begins with:

What Angel stirrs this happy Well,
Some Muse from thence come shew't me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdXdX XXeXbXbX XeXXXcXb fgfgbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1101111 10110101 1101110 01011101 110110 11010111 111111 110111001 0110010 11110111 000101 11011101 110111 11010100 010100 111100011 0100110 110101101 0111100 01010101 110100 10010101 110111 01110111 0100011 11110101 1101111 11100101 1101000 10010111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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