This is an analysis of the poem Bimetalism that begins with:

Ben Bulger was a silver man,
Though not a mine had he:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dXde bfGX XhXh aXae ieie abXX biGX fXfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110111 11000101 010101 111001010 110011 11010110 010101 11011101 010101 11011101 111011 11010110 110001 01000100 1110010 01110100 010001 11111101 010011 10011111 110010 11001101 110101 11010101 010001 01010101 110101 11010011 111111 1101010 110101 11010101 110101 01000100 010011 11110101 100010 10101111 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Bimetalism;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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