This is an analysis of the poem Say, What Is Honour?--‘tis The Finest Sense that begins with:

SAY, what is Honour?--'Tis the finest sense
Of 'justice' which the human mind can frame,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaccacddXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010101 01001010111 0111010001 1101010110 1011110100 0101111001 01001010101 1001010101 10110101011 0101110101 1111111001 01110010010 1001011101 1100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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