This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Pope that begins with:

When Alexander Pope strolled in the city
Strict was the glint of pearl and ''old sedans....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede afXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010110010 1101011101 10111101110 11111100111 1011011111 1100011101 01110111011 100100101001 1111010101 1001010001 01001010111 01001110101 1100000100 1001110101 1101010101 0101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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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