This is an analysis of the poem An Extempore Invitation To The Earl Of Oxford, Lord High Treasurer that begins with:

My Lord,
Our weekly friends to-morrow meet... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXXccaaddeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11 11010101 11010011 01110111 11011101 01000101 11010101 11010101 11110011 01110001 10110101 010111011 01010101 010011001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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; thy is repeated.

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