This is an analysis of the poem To The Author Of A Sonnet, Beginning, ' that begins with:
Thy verse is 'sad' enough, no doubt:
A devilish deal more sad than witty!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fgfg X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 010111110 11111111 011111010 11011101 110111110 11010101 100101010 110101010 110111010 111011110 111111110 11111101 10110101 01111101 111101001 111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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