This is an analysis of the poem The Tradesman And The Scholar that begins with:
A Citizen of mighty Pelf,
But much a Blockhead, in himself ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeeXfgghhccddiiff ffhhejffddjjXahhiihh kkiiiddggbbhhddhhhhaaXfff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,20,25,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000101 11011001 01010101 10010011 11011101 11010111 11110001 111101001 11010101 01001111 11010101 11111111 11101111 11010101 11110101 01010101 11010011 11111101 11010011 01010011 11010111 11011101 11101101 01110101 11111111 011001101 01011101 100110001 11010001 10111101 01110101 110111010 11010101 01011101 10010101 11011111 101111010 111101010 01110101 01110101 011100001 11110101 11010101 11011101 011010011 01111101 01010101 01000101 01011101 11101101 11110101 01011101 11110001 01010111 110100011 11011001 11011101 11010010 11011111 01010101 11111111 11010111 01011101 11010101 0111101 01010101 110100101 1101110101 10001010101 011101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, the are repeated.
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