This is an analysis of the poem On His Grotto At Twickenham that begins with:

Thou who shalt stop, where Thames' translucent wave
Shines a broad Mirror thro' the shadowy Cave;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXXbbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111100101 10110101001 1101010101 11010101001 10001111101 1101010001 01110100001 1101010111 01110111001 1101011111 1101010101 1011111101 1111010101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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