This is an analysis of the poem The Easy Dignity Of The Officers At Some Court that begins with:

Arrayed in skins of lamb or sheep,
With five silk braidings all of white,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb acBc adBd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010111 01110101 01110111 11010101 11110111 01110111 01011101 01011111 01110111 10110101 01011101 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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.

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