This is an analysis of the poem To A. R. Vpon The Same that begins with:

Not that I would instruct or tutor you
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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111011101 10010011101 1101011101 0101111111 0101111111 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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