This is an analysis of the poem Twin Unworthies that begins with:
Ye parasites that to the rich men stick,
As to the fattest sheep the thrifty tick... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaabbccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101100111 1001010101 1001010101 0111010101 1101110101 1111010001 1101110101 01110111001 1101010011 0101110101 11111101011 11110101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 504
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, that, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Twin Unworthies;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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