This is an analysis of the poem On Cutting Down The Thorn At Market-Hill that begins with:

At Market-Hill, as well appears
By chronicle of ancient date,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fcfc Xcec ecec ghgh bbbb hehe cbcb eiei jbjb ckck eaea lele amam ieXe gngn cbcb Xjaj bebe kjkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 11000101 11110100 01010101 101100101 11010101 11010101 01010111 110111001 01010101 11010001 11110101 110111001 11110101 11010101 11001101 11010111 110010101 11110001 010100101 0110101 11011101 01010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010101 11010001 010100101 01010101 11111111 110001001 01110101 110000101 100111001 01110101 01110101 01000101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11001101 11110101 011101001 01011101 011100101 11000101 11010101 01010001 01011101 11110001 10010101 1100101001 100110001 010011001 11100011 01010101 11011111 11110101 110100111 110110010 11010101 1101010010 11110101 01110101 01101001 111100111 11110101 11011111 11111101 11010011 11111101 11010001 11010111 11011101 110101110 111100101 01110101 10011111 11010111 10101001 01010111 01110101 11010101 11010101 11111111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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