This is an analysis of the poem The Poor Relation that begins with:
No longer torn by what she knows
And sees within the eyes of others, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaa cdcdddcd aeaeffge cacahhca acacXaac bibiggbi bebeaabe ababaaab jbjbddjb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 110101010 01110111 011101110 11000101 00010111 11110101 01110010 010101001 110111010 01110101 010101010 11010101 01011111 11001111 110100010 01111111 011111010 11111111 111111010 11010111 01011101 11111111 010111010 11011101 110101010 11110101 01010101 01111101 11111101 11111100 110101110 11111101 001100010 10111111 010111010 11011111 01010111 01000100 0100111010 11110101 011111010 010011001 110111010 01110101 11110101 11010111 111101010 11111101 001101110 01000101 110111010 11111111 11011101 01001100 110111110 11010111 111101110 01001101 011111110 01010111 11110101 01010001 011111010 01010101 110100110 01010001 0101000010 10100101 11110101 10010001 011001110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; her, she, of, and, for, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, a, for are repeated.
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- summary of The Poor Relation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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