This is an analysis of the poem Iii: To Sir Robert Wroth that begins with:

How blest art thou, canst love the countrey, Wroth,
Whether by choyce, or fate, or both!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbbbbbbbbbbbXXXXccXXbbXdbbddeeffXXXghhbbbbiijjXXiiggjjjXiijciibbiikkXglXaaXbjjaaccggXXbbelmmXXbbnnXXbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 106,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 10111111 111101101 11010111 1111110101 010010111 1101010101 01010111 1111000101 00110001 010101001001 11011111 1111011001 10110101 10110111010 110111010 1001111010 110101010 01110011110 11110100 1011010101 01110111 0011111101 11011101 1011010101 10010101 0101010101 11110101 1001010101 11110111 11110111001 00110001 1101010101 11010101 1101010111 11010001 01010010111 01010101 01100011 11110101 01010110011 11010011 0101011101 01011101 0111011111 01011101 1111010111 10101101 1111010111 100100100 0101110111 11010101 0101011100 110010111 1101010101 10110001 1101011100 10100110 0101010101 10111111 1111110111 11010101 1111011101 11110101 1111111110 11011100 1101010111 01000101 1101010101 111101001 1111011101 11110111 1011110101 1100101001 1101010001 11010111 11110111000 111101010 01110011111 110101101 1111010101 10110111 1101010101 11001111 1101110111 110100011 1111010101 01011111 1111010101 11010011 1111011101 11011010 1101111101 11001111 1101111011 01110110 110011111 1100111101 1111010101 11011101 01001110101 01010101 0111010111 11011110 1111110101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 792
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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