This is an analysis of the poem The Beggar-Man that begins with:
Abject, stooping, old, and wan,
See yon wretched beggar-man;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccAa bbcceebbAa ffgghhccaAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1110101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1110101 1010101 01010101 1010101 01010101 11010111 11010101 11101101 01011101 01010101 1010101 1111101 1011101 01010101 11010101 11010111 01000101 1010101 11010101 01110101 11010111 11000101 001010111 01010111 01010101 01010101 11010111 110000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words once, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word man at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Beggar-Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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