This is an analysis of the poem Llord George that begins with:

So David to Goliath's lair
Goes peaceably at last!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 110011 01010101 110001 11110101 110101 11011101 111100 11011101 010101 11110101 010101 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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  • summary of Llord George;
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