This is an analysis of the poem To Sir Joshua Reynolds that begins with:

Dear President, whose art sublime
Gives perpetuity to time, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeaaffgghhiijjeebgkkeeiillXaddjjee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11010001 11010001 110101101 01100001 10100101 11000101 01011001 10110111 11010001 11010011 11110111 01010101 11010101 110101010 100010010 11010101 11000101 11110101 11010101 110101010 1101000010 011101110 111101010 10010111 11011010 11011101 10010101 011101010 110001110 1101001001 11011101 0100100001 010001001 010101100 11010101 01010101 01010111 01001101 11010101 01110111 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 243
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, her are repeated.

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