This is an analysis of the poem Upon Young Mr. Rogers, Of Gloucestershire that begins with:

Of gentle blood, his parents' only treasure,
Their lasting sorrow, and their vanished pleasure, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010101010 11010111010 0101010111 0101011101 11001110101 1101010101 11010010101 11101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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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