This is an analysis of the poem Of English Verse that begins with:

Poets may boast, as safely vain,
Their works shall with the world remain;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcc ddaa eecX ddaa ffgg hhiiXddgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 11100101 11010111 01010100 11110111 10010101 11111001 11111101 11011111 01010111 10111101 11011101 10110101 11010101 11011101 110111100 10011101 01000101 01010101 11101101 01010111 01001001 10110101 01000101 010100101 11110111 01010101 11110111 11011111 00011101 01010001 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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