This is an analysis of the poem I Must Have Wanton Poets that begins with:

MUST have wanton poets, pleasant wits,
Musicians, that with touching of a string... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbaccadXaadddXcbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010101 0101010001 1101011111 1011000001 1111010111 1101001101 1001111101 1101110101 1111010101 1011110101 110101011 0111010101 1001010101 1001011101 0111110101 11100011111 111010101 1101010001 1100010011 1101111101 1111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 907
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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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