This is an analysis of the poem In Imitation Of E. Of Dorset : Artemisia that begins with:

Tho' Artemisia talks, by fits,
Of councils, classics, fathers, wits;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddedde aadddd eebffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 01010101 110111 10111011 11011101 110101 10111111 11001111 110111 10111101 10110101 111101 11110101 11010101 111101 10010101 01010001 110001 11110111 0101011 010001 01010100 11011101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her are repeated.

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