This is an analysis of the poem The Beggar that begins with:
YOU cannot gather up my look, which flows
Towards the earth, and which you seek in vain;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd XbbdX efghicjiikghk ifbjc acfdh efdf X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,13,5,5,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011111 0101111101 11011110010 1111110111 1101111101 101010101 11110011 11011111011 1101011111 1110110 1111011110011 101001 11100101110 1111000111 101101 01111001 0111110 11110101 111010100111 0110111111 110101010 1111010111 11111001001 0101111101 1111010111 0100010101 1111 1101110111 111011110 111111110101 0101010101 01110111110 110111110111010 010101001101 101110101111 1101111111 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, yourself, more, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, you are repeated.
The author used the same words you, but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of The Beggar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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