This is an analysis of the poem The Tribe Of Benjamin: Xv that begins with:

SONS born of many a loyal Muse to Ben,
All true-begotten, warm with wine or ale,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaaacacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010010101 1101010111 1001100101 11010010101 1010010111111 1111011101 11011001001 10110110101 10011110111 00101101001 11011100111 0010010001001 0111110111 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 652
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.

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

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