This is an analysis of the poem An Epistle Of The Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole that begins with:

Still let low wits, who sense nor honour prize,
Sneer at all gratitude, all truth disguise;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccXdeeff cXaaaagg aahhccddaabb eeaacc ggffiiddddcc aaii aagg jjaa ccii Xfaa eeaabb aa ggddii ccee aaccbb aaaacckkiiddaaggllkk eeggffaaggaaXe XXbbmm nXddgg ccaaccffeeaaaaee eeddiiaaeeeejjgXccnn ddgg aakkooddiiggiiaappcc ggddaXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,8,12,6,12,4,4,4,4,4,6,2,6,4,6,20,14,6,6,16,20,4,20,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111011101 1101010101 0101110101 1111010101 1111010101 10001101101 0101010101 1100110111 0111110101 1100010101 0101110101 1111010101 1110010101 1011110101 11010101010 1011111101 0101010101 1101111001 1101000101 1001010111 1101010101 11110100101 1011110101 0111111101 1111010101 1100010101 1111011101 1101110001 11010100101 1101111101 1101011101 1101010101 1101011101 1101110001 01110100101 1101010101 0111110101 1111010011 1111011101 1111110111 1111010101 1101011101 111100001001 1111001101 11001010000 0101110101 1101011101 1111111101 0101010101 1101010101 1111011101 1011110101 1111011101 11010100101 1101011101 1101011101 1101010111 1001011101 1101110001 1111110111 1101010101 1011110101 1101010101 1101010101 1001110101 110010101001 10010110011 1111010110 1001010111 10010101001 1111111111 1011000101 1101010101 0101110111 0111010101 0101101101 1110011001 1011010101 0111010101 11011101001 0101111101 11100100101 0101011101 10011010101 1101110001 1101110101 1111110101 1111001101 0111010111 1011010101 1111110101 0101111101 1001110101 1111110111 11010101001 1101011101 1101110001 1111011101 1101000101 1111010101 1111110111 1101100101 10110110101 10110101001 1011111101 1011110001 1001010101 1101010001 11010100101 011010101010 101010101010 1101110001 1111110101 1111110101 0101110101 1101110101 1010010101 0101110101 1111011111 11010110101 0101010111 1101010111 100010000101 10010110101 1101110101 0101110101 0111110101 1111001110 1011010001 1101010110 10110110110 0110110101 1101000101 1101100101 1011110101 0100110101 1101010101 10001110001 1011010111 11010000101 11010100001 1111010101 01011010101 01100010101 1101000101 0101000111 1101001101 1100010101 1111011101 1101110101 1111001111 1101111101 1101010101 1111010101 1111011001 11011100101 1101010101 0101101101 1111000101 1101010111 1101110111 1111010101 01010001001 0101011111 0101011001 1101010101 1101010101 10101110101 1111010111 1111010101 1001110101 1011010101 1111110110 1001010101 0101110101 1111110111 1111110101 01010001001 1101010101 1101110101 1101001101 11010111010 1100010001 0100010101 1011110101 0101010101 1001110111 111001110101 0111110101 1101010101 1101110101 1111010001 1111010111 1101100101 1101001011 11010100101 1110110101 0100110101 0101010101 0111110101 11010110001 1111001101 1100110101 1101010101 0101011001 1101010101 10110101100 11010001001 1101000101 11110010111 0111111101 1011001101 11010111001 1011111101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 239
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, that, to, whose, thee, with, she, his, when, hand, no, nor, so, now are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, whose, see, his, when, a, the, now, justice, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words see, nor, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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