This is an analysis of the poem On Bishop Atterbury's Burying The Duke Of Buckingham, 1721 that begins with:
I have no hopes, the Duke he says, and dies.
In sure and certain hopes - the prelate cries:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 0111010101 011111111 10010101110 0111110101 1111010101 0111110111 11110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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