This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet On The Author's Birthday that begins with:

SING on, sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough,
Sing on, sweet bird, I listen to thy strain,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba Xccd effe Xdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1111110011 111010101 1111010101 1011000101 1110011001 1001010101 1101110111 11110001001 11111111011 1001111101 1111011101 1111010011 011101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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