This is an analysis of the poem I Fear A Man Of Frugal Speech that begins with:

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I fear a Man of frugal Speech—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101010 1101010 10000110000 11000000 1111000010 0111010 001001100 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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