This is an analysis of the poem Of Himself that begins with:
William was once a bashful youth;
His modesty was such,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd efef gXgX hihi hchc jXjX khkX lmlm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10110101 010011 11110101 110111 11101101 1101010 11010100 1101110 110100101 1111010 01111101 1101010 100010101 1101110 01001111 1101010 11111111 110101 10111101 010111 11010111 010111 11111100 110001 01011111 1111010 11011101 1101010 11010101 111101 11011101 1111 11010011 110101 10111101 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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