This is an analysis of the poem A Good Name that begins with:

Men talk too much of gold and fame,
And not enough about a name;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddeebbcc ddffggeeXaaeeeedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11010101 11001101 111100101 11010111 110100101 01010011 11010101 11011111 01110101 11111101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 10110101 11010101 11111111 11110101 01010111 11010000 11011001 11111111 01010101 11011111 11010101 110101001 11011101 11011001 10011101 11010111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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