This is an analysis of the poem To The Right Honourable The Earl Of Thomond, At Bath that begins with:

Obrian, were in Story told,
Thy Ancestors wore Crowns of old:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaaccaXddee XXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 11101101 011100111 01011101 11011101 01010111 11010110 01010101 11100111 11010101 01110101 10110110 111100101 01001001 01011101 110001001 1101111 01010100 11110011 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, and are repeated.

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