This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. Granville, On His Excellent Tragedy, Called Heroic Love that begins with:

Auspicious poet, wert thou not my friend,
How could I envy, what I must commend! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaabbddbbeefgcchhiiaafgbbddhhffbbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011111 1111011101 1111010111 11111100101 0101110101 1101110111 0101110111 0101010001 1101010101 1111000111 1101000101 1101010111 1111010101 1101110101 1001011101 1101010101 1101110111 101101010100 1001110001 1111011101 1001110101 1111010001 11111101010 110011110010 1101011101 1101010111 1101011111 1100010100 1101111101 10110010101 1110010101 1111010101 0101110111 1111011111 11011101001 1101010001 1101011111 10110001001 01001010101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1818
  • Average number of words per stanza: 315
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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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