This is an analysis of the poem The Scoffer that begins with:
If I had lived in Franklin's time I'm most afraid that I,
Beholding him out in the rain, a kite about to fly,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabX ccddbb cceebb cceebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01110101010111 01011001010101 11000101011101 10010101110011 10010111111101 11010101110110 01110111110101 110101001011101 10111110010001 11011101110101 11010111110011 11010101010001 11011101110001 11011101110101 11111101111101 11010100111101 11011101110101 11100101111111 11010101110101 11111101110101 11010101110101 11011101011101 11110101110101 10111111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
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- summary of The Scoffer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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