This is an analysis of the poem Address To Leopold Vii. that begins with:

To me is barr'd the door of joy and ease;
There stand I as an orphan, lone, forlorn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXcbacbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010111 1111110101 1101111101 111100101011 1111011101 1101010101 10001110101 011101101 10110101010 1101110101 1101110111 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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