This is an analysis of the poem October, 1803 that begins with:
. These times strike monied worldlings with dismay:
Even rich men, brave by nature, taint the air ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXaccadcdccd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111010001 10111110101 0101010101 11010101010 1101010101 111101100110 11010001010 1101010101 1111011101 11001010100 01011101001 1101010001 1101110101 0101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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