This is an analysis of the poem Song, By A Person Of Quality that begins with:

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Flutt'ring spread thy purple Pinions,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXb Xcdcd Xcece XfXXg affff aXfXf XXhgh Xcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10111010 10101011 10101100 1011101 1 111001010 10101011 11101010 1011101 1 101001010 1010101 10101010 1010101 1 1001010010 1010101 11101010 10101110 1 10101010 1010001 11001010 1011001 1 10101011 1011001 101010110 1111101 1 1010110 1010001 11101010 0110101 1 11101010 1010101 10101010 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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