This is an analysis of the poem Epilogue To The Padlock that begins with:

October 1787
Mr. Urban, Sept.24....

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XX X XXaaabbccddeeeeffcceegghhiiccddjjccggccccffddiikkii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,51,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101 10101 010010101101101010101011100110010011001000101010010011101001001000001001101111010100001011100010001111101000101100010101 1010011 101 1111011111 1111111101 10011111111 1111010101 1101011101 1111010101 1111011101 1101110101 11110010001 1101111111 1111111111 11011100101 1111011111 0111111111 0111011101 0111110111 11110110101 1101111111 1111010101 1101000111 0110010101 1111010101 0101011101 0101111001 0101001101 1101010011 1101101001 10010000101 1101110001 0111111101 1101010101 10001110001 1111010101 1101100101 1101010101 1111010111 1101010101 0111011111 1111010101 11011100101 1101010011 0101010101 1101001111 0101010101 1111001101 0111000101 1111010101 0101000101 11110110101 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 679
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; of, to, in, by, my, can, our, one, and, britons are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words alike, one are repeated.

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