This is an analysis of the poem An Ode For Ben Jonson that begins with:
Ah Ben!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaXccaa aabXddccee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 1111 1111 111101 1101 010101 111101 11110111 111101 1001100101 11 1101 1101 111100 1111 100100 111101 11011011 110101 0101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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