This is an analysis of the poem Satyr I. A Letter To A Friend. On Poets. that begins with:

Poets are bound by ye severest rules,
the great ones must be mad, ye little all are fools,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXabXcaXddabXedddddffaaabgghhhaaaddiiiaajjkkgggXdlliibXbabaammeeecccmmgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 74,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011110101 011101110111 1111111110 0111111101 1111011101 0101011101 01001111110 100100111 1111010101 11110100110 1101110111 0111111101 1101000111 1111110001 1111110101 0101001101 1111101101 1101110001 1111110101 1001010011 110101101 0101000101 010101101 1101010101 11101101 1011111101 1111011101 1011000101 1110110101 1111111011 1101100101 0101010101 1110111001 11010110101 11111011111 11010101010 1101011111010 1101010101 110101001101 11111010111 1101010101 01011100101 110100101 111010101 1101111001 1011011111001 1111011101 111001101 0101010101 010011110101 0111011101 0111010111 1011010011 1101010011 1100111101 1001110101 0101010110 1111110101 0101110101 110110101 0101010101 101011101 1111010101 1101001101 1011111101 1101001111 1101011111 11111100101 1011011101 1101110101 1101110111 0111010111 0101011111 110001111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 588
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, ye, he, to, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.

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  • summary of Satyr I. A Letter To A Friend. On Poets.;
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