This is an analysis of the poem To Mr. And Mrs. C. Batty that begins with:

Parents-in-law, a Rhymer much in debt
Deems it full time to try his debts to pay;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcd efef ggeeeehh bbggg gffiijjeeffhhbXkkaabX eebbaajjXkdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,5,21,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 1011010101 1111011101 0101101101 1011010101 0111011010 1101001101 1111111101 0101010101 01001001101 1101100101 1111011101 0111001101 1111111111 1101001111 0111100101 1101111111 0111011101 11010111010 1010100010110 1111111101 1001010101 0111011111 1111010101 10110001 1010101 1110001 11101001 1110101 11010101 11111110 10101110 1111101 1010101 01010111 11000101 11010100 1010100 01110111 111111 1110001 01010101 1010011 1010111 1011101 1110110 1101110101 0111010101 1111010101 011010011001 1111011101 01110010101 111101110010 01011011010 11110111010 11011111010 1101011101 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, my, us are repeated.

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