This is an analysis of the poem An Insincere Wish Addressed To A Beggar that begins with:

We are not near enough to love,
I can but pity all your woe;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh ibib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11110111 11110101 11111101 01011110 10010111 10111101 111100101 11010111 11000101 11011111 11111101 11011111 11011101 01110111 11110101 11110111 11110101 11010111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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