This is an analysis of the poem To Edward Jenkinson, Esq that begins with:

Fair Youth! who wish the Wars may cease,
We own you better form'd for Peace. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcccddeeffee gghhiiaaggjjffddkkcc Xddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,20,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11110111 110111110 111101010 111111010 100111001 11111111 11010101 01010101 110010101 01110101 11110101 11011111 01011111 11011101 11010101 11110011 11110101 11010011 110010001 11110001 11010111 11111111 10010101 11011101 11010101 11000111 11110111 11011110 00110111 110100111 11000101 11110101 01010111 11111101 010111001 11010001 11111111 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 469
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as, your are repeated.

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