This is an analysis of the poem To The Eleven Ladies that begins with:

WHO PRESENTED ME WITH A SILVER LOVING CUP
ON THE TWENTY-NINTH OF AUGUST, M DCCC LXXXIX... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aabb ccdd aaee bbee ccdd ffff ggccXaaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101010010101 10101010111 1101010111 0101010001 1101110111 101101 0101011101 1111010001 1101010111 010101 1011110001 1101010101 1001111111 100100 1101000101 1101010111 1011010101 111111 11110101010 01010101110 1011010111 010111 1101111111 1001010101 1011110101 0101001 11111000111 1001010101 0111110101 010001 1010100101 111010101 1011110101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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