This is an analysis of the poem On A Certain Poets Judgement Between Mr Pope & Mr Philips Don In An Italian Air that begins with:

Upon a time, and in a place,
With Pan Apollo playd,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcdbXbXeaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011001 010101 11010111 111101 01000101 111101 1111101 010101 11110101 111111 11110101 110001 11110101 110101 11110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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