This is an analysis of the poem To The Author Of A Poem Entitled Succession that begins with:

Begone, ye Critics, and restrain your spite,
Codrus writes on, and will for ever write,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXddeeffaafggXdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011010111 1011101101 01001010111 1111011101 1111011101 1111011101 1111010011 111100101001 0101111101 1111110001 1111010101 1111110100 1101010111 1111101101 1111010101 1101010111 1101010001 1100110001 11111101110 0101110111 0101010001 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 969
  • Average number of words per stanza: 174
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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