This is an analysis of the poem Written At Paris, 1700. In The Beginning Of Robe's Geography that begins with:

Of all that William rules, or robe
Describes, great Rhea, of thy globe,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccddeeffXbgghh eeee eeiiee ccjjjkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,4,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 01110011 11110101 01011101 110101111 11111111 11110111 110111010 010101110 11111111 0100001011 11111001 11111101 0111001000 011011010 01011101 11011111 11111111 11111111 11110101 11110101 01110101 11010101 10111101 01110101 11011101 01111101 110011101 01100111 11001101 11000101 01011111 01111111 11010111 11010111 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, and, for, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Written At Paris, 1700. In The Beginning Of Robe's Geography;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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