This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written At The King's-Arms, Ross, Formerly The House Of The 'Man Of Ross' that begins with:

Richer than misers o'er their countless hoards,
Nobler than kings, or king-polluted lords,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffff
  • 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: 10110101101 1011110101 1101011101 01010101001 0101111101 1000111101 0101110111 11010010101 1011111001 1011110010 1011011101 11001010101 11110100101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • 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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