This is an analysis of the poem Remorse For Intemperate Speech that begins with:

I RANTED to the knave and fool,
But outgrew that school,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaBccbcBddbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11000111 11111 10101 110011101 10101 11110101 1101001 110001 1011111 10101 10100111 110101 11101 11001101 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 403
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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