This is an analysis of the poem Scorn Not The Sonnet that begins with:

Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned,
Mindless of its just honours; with this key ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbacacadd
  • 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: 1101010111 1000110001 1001010100 0011110101 0101010111 0010111001 0101001101 0101001101 0101010111 0111010101 0101111101 1101010001 0101010111 1100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • 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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