This is an analysis of the poem A Tale Of Society As It Is: From Facts, 1811 that begins with:

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She was an aged woman; and the years... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaabccdcdee XXcaafgghghh Xigggicajajee Xfiiifhhfhfjj aklllkehmhmaa ajdddjggcgcaa XdfffdbbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,13,13,13,13,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 111110100 1111010101 11010010001 111110101 11010010101 1001110100 111000100 1101010100 0111011100 1110010101 1100010101 110001100101 1 1101110100 1111000100 10001011101 1111011101 1101110101 1101010101 101101000101 1001000101 1101010101 1011110101 110011110111 1 1100001101 0100000101 1111000101 1001010001 0101111101 01000100100 0100010101 0101100101 0101010001 1100010111 1111110101 110101110101 1 01110111001 11010011111 1101011111 1101010101 1111110101 010001010 0101001101 11010100101 0110010001 0110011001 1101110101 011101110001 1 1101110101 1101110101 1011110101 01001001101 100110101 010101110001 1011010100 1101000101 1101110101 1100111101 1111111101 111111110111 1 0101010111 1101010101 1101010101 1001011001 110010111 1101100101 1101010101 0110010100 1001001001 0101011100 11011000101 0001010100101 1 1111000101 1001000101 1111010111 011100101001 0111010111 0101010101 0101110111 1001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 485
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, of, and, his are repeated.

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