This is an analysis of the poem His Grange, Or Private Wealth that begins with:

Though clock,
To tell how night draws hence, I've none,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbebefgfghihidfdfjejXgjgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 01111111 01 11011111 11 01111011 01 11011111 01 11110111 11 11011101 01 11100101 11 01011101 01 11101101 11 11011101 01 11110111 11 010100101 01 01011101 11 01110100 11 11011111 11 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 710
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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