This is an analysis of the poem To Dr. Moore, that begins with:

IN ANSWER TO A POETICAL EPISTLE WRITTEN TO
ME BY HIM IN WALES, SEPTEMBER 1791.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccddaadd eeffffgXddcchheeiidd ddggjjddggkkccjjggee ddffddiillddccmmaaggXllffggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,20,20,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01000100010100 111010101 1011110111 0111010001 1111010101 0110110111 0101110101 0101010101 1111010101 0111010101 1111111101 0101010101 1100110101 0101000101 11010110101 1010100101 0101010101 1111111101 0100010111 1001010110 0101010111 10110101001 0101110101 1101110101 1101011101 0101101101 1101010101 0101011101 1001011111 0101000101 10010010101 1110100101 1111010101 1101010101 1111010101 1101110001 0101010101 1101010101 0101000111 0111011101 0101011101 1101111101 1111000101 1101010101 1101011101 1011001111 11010100101 0101111101 1101001101 1101010101 1101010101 1101011001 01010000110 11010111010 0101110101 01010001001 0101011101 1111010101 1101010101 1101010111 10010111001 0101010101 11000100101 01011110001 0101010101 0101000101 1101001111 1011000101 1101011111 11110101101 11001010101 0101010011 1111110101 0111111101 0101010011 0101010001 0101010101 1111001101 1101010101 01010010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 696
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, to, her, and, his, thy, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, the are repeated.

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