This is an analysis of the poem Tuesday, St. James's Coffee-House that begins with:

SILLIANDER and PATCH.
THOU so many favours hast receiv'd,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbbcc ddeeffdddbbgg X ddhii X Xjee a jjXbffdd X kkddbbff a hhddkkXd X lldd a ffjj X dd a dd Xddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,13,1,5,1,4,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,4,1,4,1,2,1,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10011 111010101 1001110001 1110110101 1111010001 1101011101 0101110011 1101111100 1101010111 01001011111 1011010101 01011101110 11011001010 1011010101 0101101110 1111011101 1111010101 1101110101 110010111 1101110101 100 1111111101 1110111101 1001 0101011101 0101110101 100 1111010101 1111010111 1100111101 1011010101 1 1100111101 0101111101 0111111110 1111010101 1111111101 0101010101 1110110101 1101110001 100 1111110001 1001010001 0110001101 1101010101 0101110001 1111010001 10110000101 1101001101 1 1001111101 111001101 1001010101 0111000101 0111001001 1011110101 1001010110 1111010111 100 110010001 1111011111 00110000111 0111010101 1 1100000101 1101010111 0001000111 0111110101 100 110101101 0111010101 1 1101011011 11011101001 1101000101 110010101 1001010101 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • 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; to, their, and, i, it, with, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.

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