This is an analysis of the poem Examples Of Early Piety that begins with:

What blest examples do I find
Writ in the Word of Truth... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dada eXeX fafaXcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 100101 01010101 010011 10110101 110101 11011111 110101 11011101 0111001 11010101 111001 10011001 111101 11110011 111110 10011111 010101 110010011 010101 11111101 110111 11110101 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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