This is an analysis of the poem On A Late Impiric Of Balmy Memory that begins with:

His namesake, born of Jewish breeder,
Knew 'from the Hyssop to the Cedar;'... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101010 110100010 110101010 110100010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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