This is an analysis of the poem What Will You Give Me For My Pound? that begins with:

What will you give me for my pound?
Full twenty shillings round. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 110101 101111110 1101010 101111110 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; give is repeated.

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