This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet 63: Oh Grammar Rules that begins with:

Oh grammar rules, oh now your virtues show
So children still read you with awefull eyes, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba abbX XXc ddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101111101 11011101001 1111101111 0101101101 1101110111 1101110101 1101010101 1111011111 1111110101 110111110 1101010101 1101101101 1101010111 1011110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • 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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