This is an analysis of the poem London Children that begins with:

We have had the pleasure of hearing and seeing several clever children
from the city of London. We commemorate them in the following....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa aabbccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100101101001010 001001010101000100 11100101 01110001 1110101 11110101 101101 01110111 11010101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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