This is an analysis of the poem Ode X: To Thomas Edwards, Esquire: On The Late Edition Of Mr. Pope's Work that begins with:

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Believe me, Edwards, to restrain... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcddd Xededfff Xdgdgbbb Xghghggg afgfgggg aibibbbb Xgjgjhhh Xgagaeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01110001 01000101 01110101 11111111 0111010010 110001010 010001010 1 010110101 01010101 11011101 010001001 11110001 11011001 11011001 1 11000101 11110101 11001101 01010101 11010101 01111101 11010101 1 110111001 110001001 100101001 01000101 11010111 01010101 11001001 1 11010101 010100101 01010111 01010101 11010001 110100101 1100101001 1 110111010 00110101 010101010 01010001 11010101 11010101 00111101 1 110010011 11110101 10111111 10111101 110100101 100101001 11000101 1 10010101 01110111 11010101 11010101 11110101 01011001 01010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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