This is an analysis of the poem The Loser that begins with:
He lost his money first of all
And losing that is half the story- ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdedececefafa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 110101010 11011101 010111010 11011101 0111010100 11011101 1101000100 11010111 010111010 11011100 110110010 11010110 010001010 01010101 110101010 010000101 01000101 01110101 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 692
- Average number of words per stanza: 129
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, lost, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, his are repeated.
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- summary of The Loser;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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