This is an analysis of the poem On Sending My Son, As A Present, To Dr. Swift, Dean Of St. Patrick's, On His Birth--Day. that begins with:

A Curious Statue, we are told,
Is priz'd above its Weight in Gold;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXbbccddcc ddeeffXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011111 01010101 00110101 01011000 10010101 010101010 11010101 01010011 01010111 11010101 101100101 11110001 100100111 01010011 01001101 01010101 010101001 01011101 11111101 11100101 11110101 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of On Sending My Son, As A Present, To Dr. Swift, Dean Of St. Patrick's, On His Birth--Day.;
  • central theme;
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  • critical appreciation.

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