This is an analysis of the poem To His Honoured And Most Ingenious Friend Mr. Charles Cotton that begins with:

For brave comportment, wit without offence,
Words fully flowing, yet of influence: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010110 1101010100 1111010101 100101010 1011111111 1111010011 11010111101 0011100101 1101110001 1111110111 11110001100 1111100111 1111111101 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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