This is an analysis of the poem Last Sonnets At Paris that begins with:

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Chins that might serve the new Jerusalem; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXcbbccXddddXd X efaeeffeccccXc X dfacdXadXgafgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 1111010100 1100110100 1101111101 1001010101 1101010100 1101110100 1101010011 101010011 0101010101 01010001011 0101110101 1101100101 0100110100 1111110001 1 1101111101 1110110100 1011111101 1001010011 0011110101 0101100100 1101011100 1101110101 1010110101 1100110101 1111111111 0101011111 1100011111 11001010111 1 1001010100 1111101100 0101111101 1101111100 1101110100 1001111000 10101011111 1111011100 1111110111 1110110101 0100001111 11110101000 0111010111 11110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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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