This is an analysis of the poem Of Coarse Fools that begins with:

Vile, scolding words do irritate,
Good manners thereby will abate...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbccddeeffggbdeehhiiiiXXeebbaXccXehhaaccjjeeaaaaaXaiiffifckllleeiiaaeXmmXmaannkkeeiibbjjggXXhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,95,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 01011001 01110101 01110111 11011101 110101001 01111101 11010100 11010100 11000101 11011101 11011101 11010101 01111101 11011101 11011100 11111100 01110111 110100101 110010101 11010111 01110101 01011101 01010111 01011101 11111101 11110100 11110101 11110101 11010111 10010011 11110101 11111111 110100101 11011101 11000101 010011010 110011101 11010111 11110101 11000101 11011101 01011101 11010111 110101001 11110111 11010101 010100101 10011101 01010101 01010111 11010101 10010101 11010101 11010101 11000101 01000111 11100011 11001001 11011101 01010101 01100101 1100101010 011110010 011100110 11110111 11110111 01110101 010010101 01000111 11010101 11110111 111101010 11011101 11001101 10111101 11010111 01010111 11110111 11010111 11010001 01110101 11011101 11010101 01010101 11111100 01001101 011110011 10010111 00010111 11111101 010101010 110101110 11110101 11011101 01101101 01011111 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1719
  • Average number of words per stanza: 320
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sow, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , the, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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