This is an analysis of the poem On Corpulence that begins with:

THE town’s in a panic, from peer to mechanic,
Since Banting has issued his Tract... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcbXcXc daXacabaefgfXcccXdgdgecdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010010010 11011001 101 111010110 010 11001101001 110010010110 11011011111 1111111110110 11001101100 110110010010 11101001101 111110110010 110111101001 1010010010010 010010010011 110110111010 11011001011 010110110010 11011011011 1110110010110 11001011001 01001011100101 0001001001 11111110011010 01101101011 0110110010110 11011001011 110110010110 11011101011 11101101101110 01001011110 1010110010010 01011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 540
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

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  • summary of On Corpulence;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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