This is an analysis of the poem On Ye Plott Against King William that begins with:

Rome when she could King Pyrrhus Life have bought
She scornd a triumph So ignobly gott,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbccddXaaeeccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111110111 1101011001 010110110 10101010101 1111010101 1111010101 1101010111 111010111 0101001111 11111100011 110101010000 1101110111 101110101 10111111001 111110101 11001010111 1101011101 101010101 110100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 814
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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