This is an analysis of the poem Translation Of A Latin Poem that begins with:

BY THE REV. NEWTON OGLE, DEAN OF MANCHESTER.
Oh thou, that prattling on thy pebbled way... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaabbacddceeffaabbXaaaagghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101010110 1111011101 11010111 1011010001 111101 01110101 110101 01010101 1101110110 10010011100 0111110101 1001011101 01010011 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110111 1111010101 11010101 011101 1101010001 100100110001 11011101001 110011 1011011101 1001111101 11010111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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