This is an analysis of the poem To His Deare Brother Colonel F. L. Immoderately Mourning My Brothers Untimely Death At Carmarthen that begins with:

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If teares could wash the ill away,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXX Xbbcc XddXX XeXXa affee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010110101 01111111 1110101010 11011111 1 11010111 1101101 110001010 111100010 1 1011001 11010101 11111011 10110101 1 10111101 101011111 1001010 111010011 1 10111101 01110111 11010101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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