This is an analysis of the poem Barthelemon At Vauxhall that begins with:

Francois Hippolite Barthelemon, first-fiddler at Vauxhall Gardens,
composed what was probably the most popular morning hymn-tune ever... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX Xaab bccb bXbX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011001000110011110 011110001100101110 10011001111001101 1001011101101 1110111001 1101010111 1101010111 001011110111 0101010101 10001010101 10010010101 11011101001 1101010101 0101110101 1001110110 0101011111 110011110010 0101001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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