This is an analysis of the poem As If I Asked A Common Alms that begins with:

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As if I asked a common Alms,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10110101 1011001 0101010 1101010 10110101 1011010 10110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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