This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet To Mathew Wood, Esq., Alderman And M. P. that begins with:

Hold on thy course uncheck'd, heroic Wood!
Regardless what the player's son may prate,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbabccbbddbee Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111010101 0101010111 1101010001 11010010101 101110111 01011010010 11001101110 1011011101 1111010101 1101010101 0101111101 1111010101 1011000101 1101010101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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