This is an analysis of the poem To The Rev. Mr. Newton, Rector Of St. Mary Woolnoth that begins with:

Says the Pipe to the Snuff-box, 'I can't understand
What the ladies and gentlemen see in your face,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eceX fgfg dada hXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001111101 101011001011 11101011001 11111100001 111101001001 110010011110 111101101011 1111010011010 110111010110 111010100101 10101100110010 101111011001 11001001001 1100010011010 01001111001 101001001110 11101001001 11101100101 11011001101 001101001001 11001101011 11101110100 111001001101 1010111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.

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