This is an analysis of the poem The Wonders Of The One Pound Note that begins with:

Brothers!
You .... with but a sixpence in your pocket, and you with half a 'quid,' and ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccddee eeddffffggXahhaffiicbbfjXfjjjjXbXejjXjbbebehhXaXXadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,52,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 10101001101101011 1001011011010 110101010011 0111111 0101000111 1001111111 0101 1111010101 11101011101 111101 01010 11011011010 1001011101 1101110001 0111101111 0101011101 11110 100111100110 11000100010 111011101010 111101 11010111110101 11110101010 0101010011 1011010111 0001010101 010101 110100100000011100111 10010 11011111010 1111110 01110111101001101011 0101011010100111000 01000011010010 11 0101 1101 101011001001 1101 1101111101 1010110101 101101 1101 1111 110001010 1101 0100111101 010110111 0111011001 0111011001101011101 11111001111001 110011 1111010111 111111111111111100 1100 1101111101000111 100111110111001010 10100 01110011110 11010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 232
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; you, with, and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, that, go, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, it are repeated).

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  • summary of The Wonders Of The One Pound Note;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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