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

I was walking along the street… I was stopped by a decrepit old beggar.
Bloodshot, tearful eyes, blue lips, coarse rags, festering wounds…. Oh,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xa XX XXb XX bX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,3,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1110010111110010110 10101111110011 11000100110000100010 111010110101111100 1 101100111011111100 10011101001101011 1010011101110 0101110101010110 1010111010 0101110010101111 1001111010 1001011011011001 110 11111101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, his are repeated.

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

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