This is an analysis of the poem The Beggar-Man that begins with:
A beggar sat by the King's highway,
O, but the road was long!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdddbececdddCffffeeef eBebcccbghXhXcchibibddXbijijhXXjfbXb ffXbXXfXkkkXeleldddlccccggXcbXbX ffXhjljlffXlfBfbccXbcgcXhhXgfcfCfffcXfdfdcccdgagchhha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,36,32,53,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110111 110111 011110111 100101 111110111 110110101 110100101 110101 110100101 0100111 010100101 110111 111110101 010110111 110010101 100111 110100111 111111 1110110111 0111101 010110111 1111110101 1110110101 110111 110100101 110111 110101111 110111 011111101 111100101 1100100111 110111 111100111 110111 1100101010 111101 110110100 010011111 111101100 110011 111100111 1110101 011100101 1101011 111111111 110110111 1101001010 1100101 110101101 0100101 110110101 100111 110110101 111111110 010111110 110111 110110111 111011 110010111 100101 110100111 111010111 111110110 110101 1101111110 111111 111110111 1100110 110111101 110110111 110110111 1101110 011100101 110111 010100101 100101 010110111 110110101 010110101 011011 101111101 110101 100110111 101111 1100101001 0100100101 1111001010 110111 101010101 111101 101011101 111111 101110101 111111101 111111101 110101 011100101 110101 111010101 101111 1110101101 11011111 111110110 101111 101011111 110111 111011101 110111 111110101 111010101 11110110 110101 111111001 110111 010111111 110101 110100101 1100101001 111010110 0100101 110110111 010101 011101101 100111 110110101 110110111 110101111 010101 110100111 110101 011101101 111101 101010101 011100101 110101101 11101 110011111 110101 01011111 101101 111011101 11011101 011110101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1033
- Average number of words per stanza: 210
- Amount of lines: 144
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, ', her, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Beggar-Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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