This is an analysis of the poem In Laudem Authoris. that begins with:

Like to the weake estate of a poore friend,
To whom sweet fortune hath bene euer slow, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010011 0111011011 1101110101 1011100101 1111110101 0111000101 1111110101 1101111101 1111010101 11110100001 1111111101 1111010011 1111111010 1011001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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