This is an analysis of the poem Poems To Mulgrave And Scroope that begins with:

Deare Friend.
I heare this Towne does soe abound, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aabbccdeff faaXXXaggghhXijjgggaaXXiXcciiX XggkkddllXcjjXXeeiiXXccgggmmggnnjjiiedff ddddXXjXkkaaaalldeXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,30,40,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 11011101 0101001111 010110101 0101011011 110101111 011100011 1111110111 1110001100 1001110101 1011011101 1010110101 01011101010 11001100010 1001110111 1001110110 1110101101 1001111101 1010011111 0111010101 1101010101 1111100111 0101011101 010101111 1101011101 0110010101 0111010111 0110001101 1101010100 1101110111 0111010001 0101011001 0101110101 1111110011 1111101111 0110110001 1111111111 1110011011 1111110111 1111110111 1101000111 10011001 1111100101 1111011101 0111111111 1111110101 1111010111 0111011111 1111111111 1101111101 11111100010 1101010011 1111111101 0011011111 1000010101 1110110101 01100101100 1110011100 1001110111 0101010101 11101001111 1011010110 1101110101 1111011101 01010110100 0111010101 1011000110 1111010101 0111010111 1111111101 1001110101 1111010101 1111110011 1011111101 1101110011 1111011111 1001010011 1101011100 1101110111 0101011001 1001011100 1101011011 1101110111 0101011101 0101010011 1111000101 01011101001 1101011101 1111010001 1101111111 1101111101 01010010111 1001101001 0100011001 1001000111 11010011001 1011001101 11010110001 0100010100 1101011010 0101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 894
  • Average number of words per stanza: 161
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, as, write, of, it, and, or, my, world, to are repeated.

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

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