This is an analysis of the poem Moderate Men And Moderate Measures that begins with:
Praise to placeless proud ability,
Let the prudent muse disclaim;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX dCCX efefcgcg dXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010100 1010101 1101010100 110010101 11101010 1110101 0100101010 1111101 10 1010 1010 1010101 10001010 1010011 010111010 1110101 10101010 1010111 100111010 1110011 110 1110 1110 1110011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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