This is an analysis of the poem To My Brothers that begins with:

O BROTHERS, who must ache and stoop
O’er wordy tasks in London town, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCBbded Xfgfhiji dfafgeXX klXljhkh jjfjfbXb XkfkXcfcXaBCBbded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11010101 11010111 010001 11011101 11010111 01010101 010111 1101010010 11010100 01010100 110111 11010101 110011101 11010100 0100001 11010111 01000101 11010101 110100 11010100 11010101 110100011 1000100 01010101 01010001 11010001 110101 01010001 10110101 11001101 110101 11000101 11010101 111010001 110111 11011111 11010001 11010001 0101001 0101001 01100101 11010101 100101 111110000 11010101 01010100 010101 11011111 11010101 11010111 010001 10011101 11010111 01010101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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