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

Of home, name and wealth and ambition bereft—
We are children of fortune and luck:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefegeg eeeegege heheiaia gegeejej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111101001 111001011 1011001011001 111001101 111001111101 1010111010 111011011001 1111010010 111011101010 1110100001 101001011001 101101011 0110110011001 001111011 01001111001 101011001 111011101001 001101001 01111011011 111001111 111011111011 101001001 101001001001 101111011 111011101001 111011001 111111101101 101001001 111011101011 011011111 111001111001 111111001 101011011011 111011001 111101001001 101011001 001101011101 111011001 111101111001 101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, we, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and, we are repeated.

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Scamps;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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