This is an analysis of the poem The Crooked Sixpence that begins with:

TAKE then back your foolish token,
Since it cannot change like you; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgdgd hahabdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 1010111 11111010 1010111 11101101 1001101 01111111 1111101 111010010 1010101 11101110 1011101 11101111 1111101 11101111 1101101 11101010 1111101 10101110 1110101 11111011 1110101 10101011 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word think is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word heart at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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