This is an analysis of the poem The Reproof that begins with:
Mamma heard me with scorn and pride
A wretched beggar-boy deride.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaXccddccXXeeffaaggXghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110111 01010101 11111111 00001101 01011011 01111111 11011111 00110101 11000101 11110101 01011001 11111101 101101110 01010111 10101101 11110011 01010101 11010101 010111010 0010111010 11011111 11111101 11010110 11111101 11100101 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 871
- Average number of words per stanza: 174
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Reproof;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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