This is an analysis of the poem On A Good Man (From The Greek) that begins with:

Traveller, regret not me; for thou shalt find
Just cause of sorrow none in my decease,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10001111111 1101010101 1101010101 10111100101 11001011101 1111001101 1111010101 1001111101 11011100101 1111010101 0101000101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 516
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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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