This is an analysis of the poem On The Earl Of Oxford And Mortimer's Giving His Daughter In Marriage In Oxford--Chapel. that begins with:

See, in the Temple rais'd by Harley's Hand,
His beauteous Off--spring at the Altar stand:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aaXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011101 01010110101 1100010101 0101010101 1101011101 1111101101 1101100101 1101110101 11010100101 0101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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