This is an analysis of the poem Upon Perusing The Forgoing Epistle Thirty Years After Its Composition that begins with:

SOON did he Almighty Giver of all rest
Take those dear young Ones to a fearless nest;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccddbbeecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10101010011 1111100101 10111110001 1101010011 1001110111 11010010111 1101010100 11010101101 1101000011 0101100101 11101010001 1111110111 0100010111 1101010111 0111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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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