This is an analysis of the poem "In Re A Gentleman, One" that begins with:
We see it each day in the paper,
And know that there's mischief in store; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXefefgdgX hchcidiX hdhdhdhX gjgjddgX dkdkXdhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110010 11111001 111010010 11001101 1110010010 01111001 011010010 11011000100 011010010 01011001 111110010 01011011 110110010 110110001 111010010 01001000100 111110010 11111001 110110110 01101001 111111110 01011110 100100110 01011000100 011111010 11001001 110011110 01001011 110011010 01001011 110010010 0110100100 110010110 01101011 110010010 11111001 110110010 01001011 111010010 01010100100 111010110 01101001 110110010 11111001 110111010 1111101 1011011010 11011000100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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; he, to, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word one at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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