This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written Extempore On Mr. Harley’s Being Stabbed, And Addressed To His Physician, 1710-11 that begins with:
On Britain Europe's safety lies,
Britain is lost if Harley dies:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 10010101 10010111 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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