This is an analysis of the poem To Mrs. King, On Her Kind Present To The Author, A Patchwork Counterpane Of Her Own Making that begins with:

The Bard, if e'er he feel at all,
Must sure be quickened by a call... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeeee ffgbbg ffdeed hhbeeb cciaXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101111 11010101 110111 01010101 11000101 110101 01100101 11010101 110101 010101010 010101110 111101 11001101 01100101 010101 11001101 11110101 110101 11000111 11001111 1100101 01010111 00100111 011111 11110101 010101001 100101 100111010 011101110 110001 110100101 10110111 1101110 11010101 01010100 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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