This is an analysis of the poem To The Rev. Mr. Newton : An Invitation Into The Country that begins with:

The swallows in their torpid state
Compose their useless wing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fgfg hXhd aiai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101 011101 11011101 0101001 01011101 010111 11011110 010101 11110101 010101 00110111 111101 110101001 111101 1100111001 110101 11000101 111001 11110101 0101010 10011101 0100101 01011111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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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