This is an analysis of the poem To His Son, Vincent Corbet that begins with:

What I shall leave thee none can tell,
But all shall say I wish thee well: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghhffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11111111 11110111 11001101 111111101 110101011 11110111 01100111 111100010 011101110 111111010 110101010 11111111 1011101 011101010 0101010010 11110111 11010101 11111101 11001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 756
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, thee are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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