This is an analysis of the poem To A Millionaire that begins with:

The world in gloom and splendour passes by,
And thou in the midst of it with brows that gleam, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadXXede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101110101 11001000111 0100110101 1101011101 0101111111 1111011111 1011011111 1101110111 110001000101 0101010111 1111011010 1111110011 0111110101 1101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 661
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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, that, and are repeated.

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