This is an analysis of the poem Epigram On A Swearing Coxcomb that begins with:

HERE cursing, swearing Burton lies,
A buck, a beau, or "Dem my eyes!"... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01011101100 10010100 1011010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • 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.

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