This is an analysis of the poem Atlas; Or The Minister Of State that begins with:
TO THE LORD TREASURER OXFORD
1710... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bbccXdaaeeffbbggddeeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110010 1 10110101 11010111 11010101 11010101 110101000 01010101 11111101 010010101 110101001 11110101 11010101 11111101 11011111 11110111 110100010 110001010 00110001 10010101 01110111 11010101 110101010 111111100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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