This is an analysis of the poem Satire On The Dutch that begins with:

As needy gallants, in the scrivener's hands,
Court the rich knaves that gripe their mortgaged lands; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbffddeebbggffhiddeejjihkXjjXXiikk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11010001001 1011111101 0111010101 1101110100 0100111001 0111110001 1111101101 0110010101 0101010101 1011011101 1101101101 1101101101 1100100111 1101010101 0101010101 1101110111 01011011101 1111010111 10001110011 1111011101 1100110101 11110001101 1101110101 1101110001 1111011100 1111101110 01110010111 1101110101 0111011101 1111011101 11110111010 11011100010 1111011101 1001010100 1001111001 1011011110 1101001101 1111010111 101100111110 11011111010 1101010001 1101111101 1101001101 111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1985
  • Average number of words per stanza: 351
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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.

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

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