This is an analysis of the poem The Horologe Of The Fields that begins with:

Addressed to a Young Lady, on seeing at the House of an
Acquaintance a magnificent French Timepiece. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbdede cfcfdcdcgbgb hhhhefeffifi jkjklklkakak kbkbhmhmnmnm XhXhkfkfdcdcXbkbk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,12,12,12,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010011011010101 01000100111 10110101 11010001 11010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 10100101 010101101 11010001 01110101 01010101 10010001 010011101 01000101 11010011 110101101 011100001 010100111 10011101 110100101 11010101 110101101 11010101 1010101 110001001 11000101 11010001 01010001 10110001 01010101 11000101 11010101 11001001 0101110010 01011101 111101010 110010001 01010101 11010101 01000111 11010101 01010101 110010101 11000101 01011101 01010001 10010101 11010101 11111101 01100101 10011101 11110101 11010101 010110101 100001001 101101001 11110110 100110101 110101010 11110101 0110101 010100101 11010101 11010001 101101101 10111001 11100011 1101101 10110101 111101010 11110111 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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