This is an analysis of the poem To The Rev. John Saunders On His Departure For England that begins with:

If a large love of the whole human race,
With charity that hopeth a meet cure ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaabccXccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0011001101 0100110011 1111010101 0101011001 1011010101 1101001101 11010110101 1101110101 1101010110 0101010101 1101010110 0101010011 11001010101 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 677
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.

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