This is an analysis of the poem A Poetical Epistle To Sir William Bennet, Bart. Of Grubbat that begins with:

My trembling muse your honour does address,
That it's a bold attempt most humbly I confess;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11001110111 100101110101 0101001101 1101111001 0101011001 01010001101 0101010001 10110101010 1001111101 011101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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