This is an analysis of the poem The Dead Beggar that begins with:

AN ELEGY.
Addressed to a Lady, who was affected at seeing the... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXdadefef ghghbcbccicifdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100 010010110101100 10000101010101 10010001111 1000101 1111011111 10001010111 1101010100 1001000101 11110111001 11011100101 1101011101 1100100100101 1111010101 1111010101 11001000101 1101010101 1001110101 1101110001 1101000101 0111011101 0111111111 11001010111 01110100001 11010010101 0111010101 1111010111 1101010101 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; at is repeated.

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  • summary of The Dead Beggar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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