This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. Lawrence that begins with:
Lawrence, of virtuous father virtuous son,
Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaaXcadedbbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 100100101001 11011111110 11101111010 1101011101 0011010101 110110010 01011101010 01011110111 1110111111 0101011111 0101111101 1001011101 1101011111 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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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