This is an analysis of the poem To My Truely Valiant, Learned Friend; Who In His Brooke Resolv'D The Art Gladiatory Into The Mathematicks that begins with:

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Hearke, reader! wilt be learn'd ith' warres?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXa XaXXX XBCBX XXbXB XXXXa aXaX BCBX XbXBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101110 010001 10101110 110101 1 10010101 111001 01000100 110101 1 11010001 111101 01000111 1100010 1 11010110 1010111 11111001 111001 0010 110101110 010001 101010110 110101 10010101 111001 01000100 110101 11010001 111101 01000111 1100010 110010110 1110111 11111001 111001 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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