This is an analysis of the poem On A Horn that begins with:

The joy of man, the pride of brutes,
Domestic subject for disputes,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbccaaccddeeddaaffggeehhaahhhhccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101010 01001101 01010101 01110111 11110101 01010101 11011111 01010101 11001101 11000111 110010111 11010101 01100101 11011111 11110101 11011101 01010111 01110111 110101001 01000101 111001001 100110101 11100101 10110111 11011111 11011111 011101001 11111111 11110111 11010111 11010101 0101101 11010001 11010101 101101011 111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 237
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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