This is an analysis of the poem Irish Poets: Oliver Goldsmith that begins with:

Goldsmith wrote Deserted Village,
Now again reduced to tillage; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabb XXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 10101010 110010001 11111001 11111111 11010001 10101010101 111000011100 01010011 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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