This is an analysis of the poem Bkiii:Xxiv Destructive Wealth that begins with:

Though you’re richer than the untouched
riches of Araby, than wealthy India,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc debf XdXe gggh Xdid ecbh eijg kkld Xadk ffji heml ecXn dejd djnd ceeeXbdma
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101001 100100110100 11101111 100101001010 01010010 010001011011 11111001 111101000101 1001110 001110111001 1101011 101010100111 11001010 110001010111 01111101 010111011010 11110100 101110111110 1010100110 101010101010 11010110 101111001010 01001001 100101110100 101011010 1011001011010 01101001 111110010110 01010111 010100110111 10101110 110101010011 11111000 010100110100 11111101 0101001101000 01011001 011111111001 11010101 010100101010 01010100 001001011011 01101101 101001001010 11110110 110101001001 010111001010 11000101 11001101 011001011100 10101010 101111101001 01011001 000100101001 11000101 101111101101 10110101 001111011001 10101011 010101100001 10100101 101100101101 011101110 100010010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; your, their, s, and, our, of, his are repeated.

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