This is an analysis of the poem Reformation that begins with:

A Gentleman, most wretched in his Lot,
A wrangling and reproving Wife had got, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaXccddcceebbffaaccffXcggbXXhhbbiibbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0100110001 01001100111 1111010101 1111100100 1001101101 1101011101 0101010001 1111010101 1011100101 1101011101 1111010111 1101010101 0101111101 0101010001 1001100101 0101010101 1101110101 11011100101 1101110111 0101000110 1101111111 1111010011 1111011111 0101110101 1101010101 1101000101 11011001101 1011010111 1111010101 1101010010 1101111101 1111111101 1011010101 1111110001 1101110101 11010110111 1101110001 0101110101 1101010101 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1784
  • Average number of words per stanza: 314
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, nor, to, her, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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