This is an analysis of the poem Rhymed Plea For Tolerance - Prefatory Dialogue that begins with:

A.— Yes, I confess, I do regret the times
When Pope and Dryden knit their manly rhymes;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc dd XXaXee XXfaggXgddddhh iXXf jX kkggaa ggllmm nnggjjjj jjoogg bbXp bbhX aaffaajjaa jjee aahh ggeeffqqeeeejjaa eeee aaeeggggbbgg o o ppop lleebbbbgg aaaanX Xbiiffeebbrrooggppddcc mm eenn bbeeggbb ss ddffXgbbaabb ddmmgXaa ggeXgg ggbbdd hhoobbgg gghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,6,14,4,2,6,6,8,6,4,4,10,4,4,16,4,12,1,1,4,10,6,22,2,4,8,2,12,8,6,6,8,4,14,2,6,4,6,2,6,6,6,12,2,4,12,8,10,10,10,10,11,10,6,12,2,8,6,4,4,6,4,4,10,4,6,4,7,4,4,8,12,8,6,4,5,11,2,8,12,12,2,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 85
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 572
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, his, or, these, of, her, art, in, with, should are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, now, 'mid, and, some, these, to, nor, or, there, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words yet, next, or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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