This is an analysis of the poem O’erweening Statesmen Have Full Long Relied that begins with:

O'ERWEENING Statesmen have full long relied
On fleets and armies, and external wealth:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccXdaadcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10001011101 1111010101 1010010101 1111111101 0001011101 0011000101 1101010001 0111010100 1111010001 10010011100 0111111101 1011011101 100110101010 0111010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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