This is an analysis of the poem Divine Epigrams: On The Baptized Ethiopian that begins with:

Let it no longer be a forlorn hope
To wash an Ethiope;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011000011 01110 1101010101 101101 1111100101 011101000110000000100001010010100001010101000010110010100110110111000100001011001011010100100010000101101010000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 584
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 97 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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