This is an analysis of the poem The Garrett that begins with:

Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are.
Come, my friend, and remember...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbX XXaaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111101111 1111010 1101110111 11111110 1111001010010 1100101 1010100 11111010 11100110 10100110 1110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Garrett;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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