This is an analysis of the poem On The Reverend Sir James Stonhouse, Bart. M.D., In The Chapel At The Hotwells, Bristol that begins with:

Here rests awhile, in happier climes to shine,
The Orator, Physician, and Divine:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXbbccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010100101 0100010101 1011010101 0101010101 1101010101 1101110111 1111011111 101010000101 1101000101 1101110101 1101000101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 508
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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