This is an analysis of the poem The Idler’s Calendar. Twelve Sonnets For The Months. February that begins with:

UNDER THE SPEAKER'S GALLERY
In all the comedy of human things... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abXbbbbb cacadadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010100 0101000101 1011011111 1001111000 0100010111 01001111111 1101001100 1001001111 1111011101 1011010101 1001100101 1111010101 0101001111 1101101101 1011000101 01010011101 11011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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.

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