This is an analysis of the poem I Play At Riches—to Appease that begins with:
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXXX Xbcb abXc XbXb abXb dede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11110001 010011 01100111 110100 01110100 111101 10111101 110101 11011101 110001 11111110 110100 11001101 110001 11010100 111101 11010101 110101 10010101 010111 11010011 010011 111101011 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 25
- 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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