This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas On Hearing An Auctioneer Quote Scripture that begins with:

REV. VIII, I.
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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd eXeX fafa egeg fheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1110101011 1101010111 01100101110 0101010001 11110101110 1011000101 11011111110 1001001101 1101111100100 0111110101 010011110100 1111111001 11110101010 10111010100 11110111010 1001011101 11110010010 0111011101 01111111110 1011010101 11111001010 1101110101 11010101010 1100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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