This is an analysis of the poem A Whipper-In that begins with:

Dudley, great placeman, man of mark and note,
Worthy of honor from a feeble pen... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcX XddXbb deedXf gddgXfXcaacbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110010111 1001000101 1001001101 1101010101 1100111011 1101010111 1101010010 0101011101 1011000101 10101010101 01000111010 01101101010 1101011111 11001010101 1100011111 0101010001 0110111110 1011101101 11010101101 1101000101 1001011101 1101001111 01010001100 11111110110 1101110111 1010000111 110110000101 1101110101 1110010101 0111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you are repeated.

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  • summary of A Whipper-In;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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