This is an analysis of the poem Charity that begins with:

Oh, loyal Orange breth-er-en.
I pray you act as Christlan men,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb aaadeeXd fffaXgha iiidjjjd Xaahdddg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11111101 11110111 0111 11110101 01011101 01011111 1101 0101010 01010100 11010001 101011 01111101 01000101 11011101 1101 110001101 10011101 11010101 0101 11010100 01010100 11011100 1011 11010101 01000101 11111101 1111 10011101 11100101 11010111 1101 110101000 01001101 11011101 10110 01011101 01110101 11010101 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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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  • summary of Charity;
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  • history of its creation;
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