This is an analysis of the poem Written In Richmond that begins with:

Thames swept along in summer pride,
Sparkling beneath his verdant edge;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcaccacdccd cdXcXefeefgdggdhihhi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 100010101 01011101 110101001 110000101 100100101 11010101 100010010 1111001001 01010101 01111101 0100110001 01111101 11011101 01010101 11010101 0110001001 1101001100 110101001 01010100 11010101 11011111 11110101 11111101 110111001 11011101 10011100 11010101 01010101 110110001 11011111 110101010 01010101 11111101 010111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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