This is an analysis of the poem Parody On The Recorder’s Speech To His Grace The Duke Of Ormond, 4th July, 1711 that begins with:
THE RECORDER'S SPEECH EXPLAINED BY THE TORIES
An ancient metropolis, famous of late... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbccdd X effggccddbbaabbeeeehhddccccccii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,31,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001011010 11001001001 101001111001 1010010101010 1010011110010 101101001001 11101011101 01 10111 11001001001 111011011001 11011101001 111001111101 1110011110010 101111011010 11101111011 001011001001 101111101111 111101101001 101111010110 110101011010 11001001101 101001001011 111101011011 111001111001 0110111111101 1100101100100 111101011101 111101011101 11101101001 101111001001 111010010010 011100010010 110010010110 010111010110 1011110010010 110010010010 110011111110 011110010010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 466
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, we, our, you, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
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