This is an analysis of the poem Lines Addressed To Dr. Darwin, Author Of The 'Botanic Garden.' that begins with:
Two Poets, (poets, by report,
Not oft so well agree)... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fXfd ababXbdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 111101 11000101 0100101 11110101 110111 01000101 110011 11110111 1100101 10010011 11111 11010011 111110 110101001 111111 110100101 010101 11110101 0110001 11011010 11001 11110111 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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