This is an analysis of the poem To Dr. Austin, Of Cecil Street, London that begins with:
Austin, accept a grateful verse from me,
The poet's treasure, no inglorious fee.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddeeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001010101 01010101001 11010101001 1010001111 1111010101 1000011111 11110101001 0111110101 1001011101 00010011101 1111010101 1101011101 1011111101 1101110011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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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