This is an analysis of the poem An Epistle To William Hogarth that begins with:

Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccbbddeeffaaddaaddggaabXhhddddiiddddddjjjjjjhheeeeeejjddjjffiibbeebbddccccddhhkkddddkkddddaajjddllffjjjjaabbmmddeeffjjaaXiddffffmmnnffddkkmmaaddggjjddjXddXcaallddooppaaddaajjffaajjfbkkmmllqqddbbllffddddffaaggrrddeekkffaaddeecceellffddjjkkccaaaaffddeef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 654,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101011111 1101010111 010010101001 0111011110 110111101 1101000101 0101111111 0110010011 1111011101 0101010101 1001011101 0101100111 1111001101 1100010011 0111010101 0101110101 10110100101 0111010111 10110010101 0111010101 10001110101 1001010101 1111010001 1101010101 0101111101 0111110101 1111111101 0101010101 11111011010 110011101110 11010100101 0101010101 1101011101 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1111110101 0111000101 1011110011 11001010101 0101000101 1011110011 1001110001 0101010101 10111101001 10011100101 1111110111 1101110101 11111101010 01111101010 1101010101 1111110001 11101010101 1010101101 1010010001 11011001111 0011010101 01001001101 11011100111 1100011111 1101110111 0111010011 0101011101 0110010101 0111110001 1101110101 0100110111 1101110111 1101000111 1101011101 1101011001 1101011001 1101110101 010001001001 1101010111 1011111101 1111011001 0111010111 1111110001 1111111101 11010101010 11010100010 1111000101 1100010111 10110011001 1111011101 1101110101 0101010101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 28900
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5133
  • Amount of lines: 654
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; be, and, to, of, her, not, as, i, in, whilst, such, thy, that, or, his, how, with, which, much, so, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words shouldst, to, could, whilst, that, would, had, with, the, how, why, which are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases crimes, hate connect the lines.

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