This is an analysis of the poem Against Quarreling And Fighting that begins with:

Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acdc eded Xbeb fefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 111101 11110111 111101 11011101 110101 11010101 011101 11111101 111101 1101101 111101 01110101 110101 11010101 110101 11011101 1001001 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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