This is an analysis of the poem To Thos. Floyd that begins with:
How fares it, friend, since I by Fate annoy'd
Left the old home in need of livelier play ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXccddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101111101 10110101001 110111101001 0101110101 0111010101 1011010111 1111111111 0101110111 01010101011 0100111101 11000010111 10011101010 11010100010 010110011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 648
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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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