This is an analysis of the poem Ben Jonson: Iii that begins with:

BROAD-BASED, broad-fronted, bounteous, multiform,
With many a valley impleached with ivy and vine,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbaaX ccdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010100 01001010001011 01001010111 11001110101 0101110111 11110000101 11010101101 0101010110 1111010111 11010101101 1101010101 111100111001 11111111011 1001101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ben Jonson: Iii;
  • central theme;
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