This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas To The Author Of 'Little Ragged Ned' that begins with:

Friend, I've read thy touching verses
Poured from gentle, loving heart,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccb dbdbbeeb fffffaaf bgbgXffg dfdffggf ababbXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 1010101 11101110 1110111 01010101 01010101 11110111 11111101 11111010 1111101 10111010 11011001 11010101 1111101 01010101 11010101 10111010 1010101 10101010 1011101 11111001 11010101 01111101 11110101 11101011 1011101 11101011 1110101 10110110 10110101 11110101 11111101 01101010 0010101 11100110 0111100 11011101 10110111 01011111 10010101 11101110 1111101 00101110 1111101 10010101 11111101 11110101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; thy, in, to are repeated.

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