This is an analysis of the poem George Crabbe that begins with:

Give him the darkest inch your shelf allows,
Hide him in lonely garrets, if you will,— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbba bccbbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101010010 1011010101 0011110101 0101110100 0011001101 1101110101 1011010001 1011111111 0101010001 0111010101 1100011101 0111110111 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of George Crabbe;
  • central theme;
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