This is an analysis of the poem On Poet-Ape that begins with:

Poor POET-APE, that would be thought our chief,
Whose works are e'en the frippery of wit,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccddddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110111 11110010001 0100011101 1101111100 1111111111 1001001111 00101110001 1111111101 1100110111 01010100010 1111111101 1100001111 1101101101 0101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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