This is an analysis of the poem Elegy On Partridge that begins with:

Well; 'tis as Bickerstaff has guess'd,
Though we all took it for a jest:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdebbbbffddgghhddddiiddeeXdeejjddddhXggedeeggaakkjjddffbbbbbbkkaajjlleemmjjbXeeddaannbbff n mmkkedmmaXkkoo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 94,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11110101 10011111 11110011 11010011 01110001 1100101 01110101 110010101 11000101 01111101 11010011 11010101 01010111 1111001110 1001101010 1101110010 101101110 1111010100 1011010100 11010101 00110101 01010101 01011001 01110101 11010100 11111101 01010111 110101010 110101010 01111110 1110011111 11010101 11011101 0111101 01110101 110011101 1111111 11010101 01010001 01010110100 0101001000 110101010 110101110 11010011 10110011 11010111 11010111 110101110 010101110 10010111 11010101 1110111 10010101 10010111 010101001 01110101 11010101 01011111 01001101 11010011 11011101 11010101 11010111 01110001 111101001 11010101 01110101 11011011 01011101 10011001 11000101 01011101 11010001 11010101 01110111 11010111 100100001 11010011 11011101 01010101 11010111 11110101 11010111 11010101 01010111 01010001 10111101 11010101 01110101 11011101 11011101 01110001 11010011 0101 11111101 01011011 10010100 10011101 11110011 01010011 11101101 10011101 01110101 11111101 111111101 100011111 01010111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 234
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; no, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, a, to are repeated.

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