This is an analysis of the poem Lines Addressed From London, To Sara And S.T.C. At Bristol, In The Summer Of 1796 that begins with:

Was it so hard a thing? I did but ask
A fleeting holiday, a little week.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXcXdX cXXecXbcdXcffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011011 0101010101 1001011111 1101110001 11011011010 1101000101 1101011101 0101010101 010111111 0101011111 0101011101 1110011111 0111010101 1111010101 10110111010 01011101001 1010101010 10010010101 01011100101 11111101001 1101110101 0101010101 1101011111 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 519
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • central theme;
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