This is an analysis of the poem The Man Of His Word that begins with:

THE man of his word met a maid on the beach,
I The fine art of swimming he offered to teach...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdX aaXXeedd XXffggffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01001101101 101101011001 011101001011 111111001101 111011001101 111101011011 111001001101 111011101111 101001111001 01101101101 111111011010 11101001001 101101101001 001101101101 101001101111 11011001111 01110101001 111010111100 11101011011 011101001001 1101111011001 111011011101 10111001011 1001011001001 101001101101 101101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 419
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Man Of His Word;
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  • history of its creation;
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